U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal
Jan. 11, 2022
Sotomayor, Barrett agree US Sentencing Commission needs members to act
U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer, based in San Francisco, is the chair, and only voting member of the commission. “I agree completely with the urgency that is expressed by Justices Sotomayor and Barrett,” he said in a phone interview Monday.
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Monday about disparities in federal sentencing for crimes involving controlled substances and the fact that the U.S. Sentencing Commission, which was formed to address the disparities, has lacked enough members to reach a quorum for the last three years.
U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breye...
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