Update on the Activities of the
United States Sentencing Commission

SEPTEMBER 1995

Richard P. Conaboy

Chairman

Michael S. Gelacak

Vice Chairman

A. David Mazzone

Vice Chairman

Wayne A. Budd

Commissioner

Julie E. Carnes

Commissioner

Michael Goldsmith

Commissioner

Deanell R. Tacha

Commissioner

Mary Frances Harkenrider

Ex-officio

Edward F. Reilly, Jr.

Ex-officio


Phyllis J. Newton

Staff Director

Paul K. Martin

Deputy Staff Director

John R. Steer

General Counsel

Sharon O. Henegan

Director of Training and Technical Assistance

Paul J. Hofer

Special Projects Director

Mary G. Hogya

Director of Administration

Susan Katzenelson

Director of Policy Analysis

Elizabeth A. McGrath

Director of Monitoring

Timothy B. McGrath

Executive Assistant to the Chairman

Donald A. Purdy, Jr.

Chief Deputy General Counsel

Winthrop M. Swenson

Legislative Counsel

Susan L. Winarsky

Deputy Director of Training and Technical Assistance

Table of Contents

Message from the Chairman

Part One, Reports to Congress

Analysis of Penalties for Federal Rape Cases

Adequacy of Penalties for Fraud Offenses Involving Elderly Victims

Adequacy of Penalties for the Intentional Exposure of OthersThrough Sexual Activity to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Part Two, Majority and Minority Opinions on Crack and Powder Cocaine

Statement of the Commission Majority in Support of Recommended Changes in Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy

View of Commissioner Tacha Joined by Commissioners Goldsmith and Carnes, Dissenting, in Part, from Amendment Five and Related Legislative Recommendation

View of Commissioner Goldsmith Dissenting, in Part, from Amendment Five and Related Legislative Recommendation

Part Three, Congressional Testimony

Testimony of Richard P. Conaboy, Chairman, United States Sentencing Commission, Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary

Testimony of Wayne A. Budd, United States Sentencing Commission, Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary

Testimony of the Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha, United States Sentencing Commission, Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary

Testimony of Michael Goldsmith, United States Sentencing Commission, Before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate

Part Four, Sentencing Guideline Simplification

Working Group on Guideline Simplification: Purpose Statement


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