New Amendments to the United States Sentencing Guidelines take effect November 1, 2023
Changes to the Sentencing Guidelines- No Criminal History On April 5, 2023, the United States Sentencing Commission voted to adopt proposed amendments to the current guidelines for Congress’ approval. The Commission’s proposed amendments go into effect on November 1, 2023. In establishing the new law, the Commission referred to its studies of recidivism among federal…
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The presentence investigation report, otherwise known as a PSR or a PSIR, is an extremely important document for federal criminal defendants. The presentence investigation report is utilized by not just the Court for sentencing; it also is utilized by the Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Probation Office to determine how the defendant should be handled.…
Read MoreBlog Will AI Replace Lawyers?
Artificial intelligence models have been all over the news recently because of the widespread disruption they are expected to provide to a number of job fields. The potential increases in efficiency have been well documented and will surely help to reduce the amount of man-hours needed to complete more remedial tasks. However, the potential disruption…
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