Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts
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Abstract
The United States Sentencing Commission intends to examine the criteria it considers in selecting guideline amendments that may be applied retroactively under the Guidelines Manual. As part of its statutory authority and responsibility to analyze sentencing issues, including operation of the federal sentencing guidelines, the Commission is publishing these issues for comment to inform the Commission's consideration of the issues related to this topic. The issues for comment are set forth in the Supplementary Information portion of this notice.
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