| 09-24-08 |
House |
Letter in support of H.R. 7033, the Fairness & Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act |
| 07-14-08 |
Senate |
Letter in support of S. 3155, the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008 |
| 07-10-08 |
Senate |
Letter in support of the Justice Integrity Act
to examine the cause and extent of racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system. |
| 06-16-08 |
House |
Letter in support of H.R. 5876, the Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act. |
06-10-08 |
House |
Letter in support of fully funding of the National Institute for Corrections (NIC) in FY 2009. (Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies) |
| 04-08-08 |
Senate |
Written Statement on the Competency of Defense Counsel in Capital Cases. (Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution) |
| 04-02-08 |
Senate |
Letter in support of increasing the FY 2009 juvenile justice funding levels. |
| 04-02-08 |
House |
Letter in support of increasing the FY 2009 juvenile justice funding levels. |
| 02-12-08 |
Senate |
Letter encouraging members to support S. 1711, the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007, to end the disparate treatment of crack versus cocaine offenses. |
| 02-12-08 |
House |
Letter encouraging members to support H.R. 4545, the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007, to end the disparate treatment of crack versus cocaine offenses. |
| 02-12-08 |
Senate |
Written statement on the federal cocaine sentencing laws. (Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs) |
| 01-15-08 |
House |
Letter encouraging members to support and cosponsor H.R. 3846, the Youth PROMISE Act, to address youth violence. |
| 11-13-07 |
USSC |
Written statement concerning the retroactive application of USSC Amendment 9 pertaining to offenses involving crack cocaine. (United States Sentencing Commission) |
| 11-12-07 |
USSC |
Letter supporting retroactive application of USSC Amendment 9 pertaining to the sentencing of offenses involving crack cocaine. (United States Sentencing Commission) |
| 11-09-07 |
House |
Letter urging representatives to vote in favor of H.R. 1593, The Second Chance Act of 2007 |
| 11-08-07 |
House |
Written statement urging immediate amendment of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (Committee on the Judiciary) |
| 10-30-07 |
Senate |
Letter supporting S. 1711 to eliminate the disparities in federal sentences of crack versus powder cocaine offenses |
| 10-25-07 |
US Courts |
Letter urging continued public access to plea agreements with some limitations in order to protect the safety of defendents (Administrative Office of US Courts) |
| 10-17-07 |
US Courts |
Letter supporting the Juvenile Crime Reduction Act of 2007 (Representative Patrick Kennedy |
| 10-03-07 |
Senate &
House |
Letter supporting the elimination of the cocaine Sentencing disparity (Committee on the Judiciary) |
| 09-18-07 |
MA General Court |
Written statement regarding “Alternative Sentencing and Offender Reentry” (Joint Committee on the Judiciary) |
| 08-25-07 |
DOJ |
Letter commenting on Programs Docket 1464, relating to defense counsels in death penalty cases (Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice) |
| 08-22-07 |
USSC |
Letter recommending incarceration alternatives as research topic for 2008 priorities (United States Sentencing Commission) |
| 07-23-07 |
Senate |
Letter supporting the S. 1060, the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Commmittee on the Judiciary) |
| 07-03-07 |
House |
Letter opposing mandatory minimum sentencing laws (Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security) |
| 05-09-07 |
House |
Letter commending Representative Bobby Rush on his introduction of H.R. 555, The Family Telephone Connection Protection Act |
| 05-07-07 |
House |
Letter urging the exclusion of language known collectively as the Tiarhrt Amendments from the FY 2008 Department of Justice appropriations bill (Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies) |
| 05-07-07 |
Senate |
Letter urging the exclusion of language known collectively as the Tiarhrt Amendments from the FY 2008 Department of Justice appropriations bill (Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies) |
| 05-01-07 |
FCC |
Letter urging the FCC to address excessive inmate phone service rates and ensure the broadest possible range of calling options (Federal Communications Commission) |
| 04-30-07 |
DOJ |
Letter commenting on interim regulations to Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) (Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy) |
| 04-24-07 |
USSC |
Letter urging the alleviation of the wide disparity between cocaine powder and crack sentencing guidelines (United States Sentencing Commission) |
| 04-06-07 |
USSC |
Letter regarding 2007 proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines: sentence reduction motions under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) (United States Sentencing Commission) |
| 03-27-07 |
House |
Letter urging restored funding for critical grant programs serving at-risk youth (Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies) |
| 03-27-07 |
Senate |
Letter urging restored funding for critical grant programs serving at-risk youth (Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies) |
| 03-20-07 |
USSC |
Written statment concerning the USSC’s obligation to give policy guidance to courts considering sentence reduction motions for “extraordinary and compelling reasons" and the ABA's resulting concern about Reduction in Term of Imprisonment as a Result of Motion by Director of Bureau of Prisons (United States Sentencing Commission) |
| 03-12-07 |
USSC |
Letter commenting on appropriate criteria for sentence reduction under recently promulgated Section 1B1.13 (Reduction in Term of Imprisonment as a Result of Motion by Director of Bureau of Prisons) (United States Sentencing Commission) |
| 03-12-07 |
House |
Letter supporting the Second Chance Act of 2007 |
| 02-20-07 |
BOP |
Letter commenting on the proposed rule entitled "Reduction in Sentence for Medical Reasons" (Bureau of Prisons) |
| 01-04-07 |
OMB |
Letter recommending an increase in the amount of the cap on Victims of Crime Act funding (Office of Management and Budget) |
