Office of Defender Services
TRAINING BRANCH
- Defender Public Comment of 3/19/13 Regarding Proposed Amendments for 2013
- Defender Letter of 12/3/12 Regarding Suggestions for Commission's Report on Sentencing After Booker v. United States
- Defender Public Comment of 7/23/12 Regarding Commission's Notice of Proposed Priorities for Amendment Cycle Ending May 1, 2013
- Defender Public Comment of 3/19/12 Regarding Commission's Notice of Proposed Amendments for 2012
- Statement of Kathryn N. Nester Before the Commission Public Hearing of March 14, 2012 on Dodd-Frank Act/Fraud Offenses
- Statement of Melanie Morgan Before the Commission Public Hearing of March 14, 2012 on Human Rights Offenses
- Statement of Penny Beardslee Before the Commission Public Hearing of March 14, 2012 (Re: How to Base Penalties for BZP)
- Statement of Marjorie Meyers Before the Commission Public Hearing of March 14, 2012 (Re: Various Criminal History Calculations)
- Statement of Raymond Moore Before the Commission Public Hearing on the Current State of Federal Sentencing (2/16/12)
- Statement of Henry Bemporad Before the Commission Public Hearing on "Improving the Advisory Guideline System" (2/16/12)
- Statement of Michael Nachmanoff Before the Commission Public Hearing on "Restoring Mandatory Guidelines" (2/16/12)
- Statement of Deirdre D. von Dornum Before the Commission Public Hearing of February 15, 2012 on Child Pornography Sentencing
- PowerPoint Presentation by Gerald R. Grant Jr., Before the Commission Public Hearing of February 15, 2012 on Child Pornography Sentencing
- Defender Public Comment of 9/7/11 Regarding Commission's Notice of Proposed Priorities for Amendment Cycle Ending May 1, 2012 (Priority 3 - Booker)
- Defender Public Comment of 8/30/11 Regarding Commission's Notice of Proposed Priorities for Amendment Cycle Ending May 1, 2012 (Priority 7 - Departures)
- Defender Public Comment of 8/29/11 Regarding Commission's Notice of Proposed Priorities for Amendment Cycle Ending May 1, 2012 (Priority 1 - Mandatory Minimums)
- Defender Public Comment of 8/26/11 Regarding Commission's Notice of Proposed Priorities for Amendment Cycle Ending May 1, 2012 (Priorities 2, 4-6 and 8-10: Fraud, Drug, Child Pornography, and Human Rights Offenses; Recidivism Definitions; 5K2.19; BZP; Relevant Conduct; Defender Ex Officio)
- Defender Supplementary Public Comment of 6/7/11 Regarding Retroactivity of Amendments Pertaining to Drug Offenses
- Defender Public Comment of 6/6/11 Regarding Retroactivity of Amendments Pertaining to Drug Offenses
- Defender Letter of 6/6/11 Regarding Proposed Priorities for 2011-2012
- Statement of Michael Nachmanoff Before the Commission Public Hearing on Retroactive Application of the Guideline Amendments Implementing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (06/1/11)
- Defender Public Comment of 3/21/11 Regarding Proposed Amendments for 2011
- Testimony of Kyle Welch Before the Commission Public Hearing of March 17, 2011 on Proposed Firearms Amendments for 2011
- Testimony of James T. Skuthan Before the Commission Public Hearing of March 17, 2011 on Proposed Drug Amendments for 2011
- Supplemental Written Testimony of Hector Dopico Before the Commission Public Hearing of February 16, 2011 on Proposed Fraud Amendments for 2011
- Testimony of Hector Dopico Before the Commission Public Hearing of February 16, 2011 on Proposed Fraud Amendments for 2011
- Testimony of Jane McClellan Before the Commission Public Hearing of February 16, 2011 on Proposed Illegal Reentry & Supervised Release Amendments for 2011
- Defender Public Comment of 10/8/10 Regarding Proposed Amendment: Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
- Defender Public Comment of 9/13/10 Regarding Retroactivity of the Proposed Amendment Eliminating Recency Points Under § 4A1.1(e)
- Defender Letter of 8/18/10 Regarding the Commission's Proposed Priorities for Cycle Ending May 1, 2011
- Defender Letter of 8/19/10 Regarding the Commission's Priorities 1 and 2 (Advisory Guideline System; Statutory Mandatory Minimums)
- Statement of Michael Nachmanoff Before the Commission Public Hearing on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Provisions Under Federal Law (05/27/10)
- Written Statement of Margy Meyers and Marianne Mariano Before the Commission Public Hearing of March 17, 2010 on Proposed Amendments for 2010 (Re: Alternatives to Incarceration, Specific Offender Characteristics, Application Instructions, and Recency) and Appendix A
- Defender Public Comment of 3/22/10 Regarding Proposed Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines Issued January 21, 2010
- Defender Letter of 1/22/10 Regarding Follow Up to 1/21/10 Commission Public Hearing on "The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984: 25 Years Later"
- Statement of Heather E. Williams Before the Commission Public Hearing on "The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984: 25 Years Later" (1/21/10)
- Statement of Henry J. Bemporad Before the Commission Public Hearing on "The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984: 25 Years Later" (1/21/10)