ABA Urges Sentencing Guidelines Change to Allow Greater Judicial Discretion
James Felman, co-chair of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section’s Committee on Sentencing, spoke on behalf of the ABA before the United States Sentencing Commission yesterday. In his testimony, Felman expressed the association’s support for the commission’s proposals to expand the use of alternatives to incarceration, but said they could go farther
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Lee Rosen Awarded 2010 James I. Keane Award for Excellence in e-Lawyering
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