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HEARING TESTIMONY AND WRITTEN STATEMENTS

Commission Hearings

Bullet Transcript of Proceedings: United States Sentencing Commission Public Hearing (Washington, DC - March 17, 2004. (.PDF)

Bullet Agenda and Written Statements of Witnesses: United States Sentencing Commission 2004 Public Hearing (Washington, DC - March 17, 2004)

Bullet Transcript of the Public Hearing Proceedings from November 4, 2003: Public Hearing - Presentation of the Final Report of the Ad Hoc Native American Advisory Group (.PDF)

Bullet Transcript of the Public Hearing Proceedings from October 7, 2003: Presentation of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines (.PDF)

Bullet Transcript of Proceedings: United States Sentencing Commission Public Hearing on Implementing the Requirements of the PROTECT Act - September 23, 2003 (.PDF)

Bullet Agenda and Written Statements of Witnesses: United States Sentencing Commission 2003 Public Hearing (Washington, DC - September 23, 2003)

Bullet Transcript of Proceedings: United States Sentencing Commission Public Hearing (Washington, DC - August 19, 2003).

Bullet Transcript of Proceedings: United States Sentencing Commission Public Hearing (Washington, DC - March 25, 2003).

Bullet Agenda and Written Statements of Witnesses: United States Sentencing Commission 2003 Public Hearing (Washington, DC - March 25, 2003).

Bullet Transcript of Proceedings: United States Sentencing Commission Public Hearing (Washington, DC - March 19, 2002).

Bullet Transcript of Proceedings: United States Sentencing Commission 2002 Public Hearing (Washington, DC - February 25, 2002).

Bullet Transcript of Proceedings: United States Sentencing Commission 2002 Public Hearing (Washington, DC - February 26, 2002).

Bullet Transcript of Proceedings: United States Sentencing Commission Public Hearing (Rapid City, SD - June 19, 2001).

Bullet Transcript of Proceedings: United States Sentencing Commission 2001 Public Hearing (Washington, DC - March 19, 2001).

Bullet Transcript and Written Statements of Witnesses from March 23, 2000 Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines

Bullet Written Statements of Witnesses from March 12, 1998, Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines

Bullet Written Statements of Witnesses from March 5, 1998, Public Hearing Regarding Federal Theft, Fraud, and Tax Crimes

Bullet Public Hearings and Public Comment: Important Dates and Deadlines for 1998 Amendment Cycle

Bullet Written Statements of Witnesses from November 12, 1997, Public Hearing Regarding Manslaughter (.PDF)

Bullet Written Statements of Witnesses from October 15, 1997, Public Hearing Regarding Loss

Bullet March 11, 1996, Public Hearing Meeting Testimony on Amendments to the 1996 Sentencing Guidelines

Congressional Hearings

Bullet Testimony of Commissioner John R. Steer and Judge William K. Sessions, III, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Blakely v. Washington and the Future of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (13 July 2004) (.PDF)

Bullet Statement of Diana E. Murphy, Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, Before the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs (May 22, 2002. (.PDF) View Charts and Figures. (.PDF)

Bullet Statement of Charles Tetzlaff, General Counsel of the United States Sentencing Commission, Before the House Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee regarding pending legislation to disapprove the Commission's guideline amendment regarding a "mitigating role cap" for drug trafficking offenses. (May 14, 2002)

Bullet Statement of Diana E. Murphy, Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, Before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (March 21, 2001) and Related Figures

Bullet Statement of John R. Steer, Member and Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission Before the House Governmental Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, May 11, 2000; Figures (PDF)

Bullet Sentencing Commission Hearing Statements and Departures Exhibit, Criminal Justice Oversight Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, October 13, 2000.

Bullet Oversight hearing on the U.S. Sentencing Commission (.PDF) Among the U.S. Sentencing Commission and sentencing guideline issues presented at this December 1995 hearing are the ongoing roles of the Commission and the simplification of the guidelines.

Bullet Update on the Activities of the United States Sentencing Commission (9/95) This compendium contains (1) reports to Congress on penalties for federal rape cases, adequacy of penalties for fraud offenses involving elderly victims, and adequacy of penalties for the intentional exposure of others through sexual activity to HIV; (2) the Commission's majority and minority opinions on the crack and powder cocaine issue; and (3) Commissioners' congressional testimony on cocaine penalties.

HEARING TRANSCRIPTS

Bullet Written Statements of Witnesses from 2002 Public Hearing on Pending Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines: February 25-26, 2002

Bullet Transcript of Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments June 17, 1998

Bullet Transcript of Public Hearing on Federal Theft, Fraud, and Tax Crimes - March 5, 1998 (San Francisco, CA)(.PDF)

Bullet Transcript of Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines - March 12, 1998(.PDF)

Bullet Transcript of Public Hearing on Telemarketing Fraud - February 10, 1998 (.PDF)

Bullet Transcript of Public Hearing on Loss - October 15, 1997 (.PDF)

Bullet Transcript of Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments - March 18, 1997 (.PDF)

Bullet Transcript of Regional Public Hearing on Guideline Simplification - August 12, 1996 (Denver, CO)

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