Day One: Monday, February 25, 2002, 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Day Two: Tuesday, February 26, 2002, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
Washington, DC

WITNESS TESTIMONY

FEBRUARY 25, 2002

Transcript for February 25, 2002

Introduction

Judge Diana E. Murphy
Commission Chair

AMENDMENT 8 (DRUG PENALTIES)

Panel One: Medical/Academic Community

Glen Hanson, D.D.S. - Testimony
Acting Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Deborah Frank, M.D. - Testimony
Professor of Pediatrics
Boston University School of Medicine

Ira J. Chasnoff, M.D. - Testimony
President
Children’s Research Triangle

Alfred Blumstein, Ph.D. - Testimony
Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research
Carnegie Mellon University

Panel Two: Community Representatives/Interested Parties

Wade Henderson - Testimony
Executive Director
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Charles Kamasaki - Testimony
Senior Vice President
Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation
National Council of La Raza

AMENDMENT 7 (TERRORISM)

Panel Three: Law Enforcement

James F. Jarboe - Testimony
Section Chief, Domestic Terrorism
Counterterrorism Planning Section
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Cathleen Corken - Testimony
Deputy Chief for Terrorism
Department of Justice

Adjourn

FEBRUARY 26, 2002

Transcript for February 26, 2002

Introduction

Judge Diana E. Murphy
Commission Chair

AMENDMENT 8 (DRUG PENALTIES)

Panel One: Law Enforcement/ABA Representative

Bridget Brennan
Special Narcotics Prosecutor
Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York

William Nolan - Testimony
Chair, National Legislation Committee
Fraternal Order of Police

Ronald H. Weich - Testimony
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP (On Behalf of the American Bar Association)

Panel Two: Member of the Federal Judiciary

Richard P. Conaboy - Testimony
Senior District Judge
Middle District of Pennsylvania

Panel Three: Community Representatives/Interested Parties

Julie Stewart - Testimony
President
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)

Jamie Fellner
U.S. Program Director and Associate General Counsel
Human Rights Watch

AMENDMENT 1 (CULTURAL HERITAGE)

Panel Four: Law Enforcement

Paul M. Warner - Testimony
United States Attorney
District of Utah

John Fryar - Testimony
Criminal Investigator
U.S. Department of Interior

Adjourn