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Criminal Sentencing & Reform

The ABA urges Congress to strengthen federal habeas corpus review of state criminal convictions and expand federal resources to assure that capital defendants receive adequate representation at trial and on appeal. The ABA opposes the enactment of mandatory minimum sentencessupports elimination of federal sentencing disparities for drug offenses and supports expanded reliance on alternatives to incarceration.
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  • Statement of Laurel Bellows, President, American Bar Association Re: Death Sentence of Duane Buck
    Mar 20, 2013
  • ABA to Supreme Court: Mental Incompetency May Require Stay of Capital Post-Conviction Proceedings
    Oct 3, 2012
  • Criminal Justice Reforms Can Save Taxpayer Dollars, Hold People Accountable, ABA Says
    Aug 1, 2012
  • ABA Supports Legislation for One Standard for Prosecutor Disclosure of Evidence Favorable to Defendants
    Mar 15, 2012
  • Over-Reliance on Incarceration, Other Sentencing Practices Subject of ABA Testimony
    Feb 16, 2012
  • Life Without Possibility of Parole is Unconstitutional for Juveniles In Homicide Cases, ABA Argues
    Jan 18, 2012
  • ABA Backs Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye Respondents; Supreme Court to Hear Cases on 10/31
    Oct 27, 2011
  • Criminal Justice Issues Involving Sentencing and Reentry Focus of ABA Conference in Washington, D.C.
    Oct 20, 2011
  • Rationality in Federal Sentencing Best Brought by Advisory Guidelines, Says ABA to House of Representatives Committee
    Oct 12, 2011
  • New Developments in Forensic Evidence Focus of ABA Conference
    May 27, 2011
  • Increase Public Safety While Reducing Federal Deficit, Says ABA on Criminal Justice Policies
    May 23, 2011
  • American Bar Association Urges Supreme Court to Consider Effects of Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Incarceration
    Nov 1, 2010
  • White Collar Crime, Sentencing Guidelines, Re-entry Programs and Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions to be Analyzed at ABA Meeting in Washington, D.C.
    Oct 28, 2010
  • White Collar Crime, Sentencing Guidelines, Re-entry Programs and Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions to be Analyzed at ABA Meeting in Washington, D.C.
    Oct 1, 2010
  • Children’s Right to Counsel, Declining Access to Justice Among Criminal Justice Topics Explored at American Bar Association Meeting in San Francisco
    Jul 30, 2010
  • Statement of Carolyn B. Lamm, President, American Bar Association Re: Final Passage of the Fair Sentencing Act
    Jul 28, 2010
  • American Bar Association Urges Support of National Criminal Justice Commission
    May 19, 2010
  • Statement of Carolyn B. Lamm, President, American Bar Association Re: Ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Graham V. Florida, Involving Sentences of Juveniles to Life in Prison Without Possibility of Parole in Non-Homicide Cases
    May 17, 2010
  • Invest in Rehabilitation, Not Incarceration
    May 14, 2010
  • Statement of Carolyn B. Lamm, President, American Bar Association Re: Senate Passage of The Fair Sentencing Act
    Mar 18, 2010
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