Government
Apr. 27, 2012
Breyer tapped to serve on sentencing commission
President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer of San Francisco to serve on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, an independent judicial branch agency that sets guidelines for criminal sentences for federal courts.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer of San Francisco to serve on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, an independent judicial branch agency that sets guidelines for criminal sentences for federal courts.
Breyer has long taken a keen interest in sentencing matters, and he was especially enthusiastic in 2005 when the U.S. Supreme Court made the guidelines advisory instead of mandator...
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