The undersigned applaud the Sentencing Commission’s consideration of an amendment to increase the availability of sentences of alternatives to incarceration within the federal sentencing guidelines. The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 which created the guideline system wisely recognized the appropriateness of nonincarceration sentences in certain cases.1 Since that time criminological research has underscored Congress’s assumptions, … Continue reading Public Comment on USSC’s “First Offenders/Alternatives to Incarceration” Proposed Amendment