REDUCED CRACK COCAINE SENTENCES MADE RETROACTIVE

REDUCED CRACK COCAINE SENTENCES MADE RETROACTIVE

THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION HAS NOT ONLY REDUCED THE SENTENCES FOR CRIMES INVOLVING CRACK COCAINE BUT HAS MADE THOSE REDUCTIONS RETROACTIVE. THIS CHANGE WILL AFFECT SOME 19,000 FEDERAL INMATES WHO WERE SENTENCED UNDER THE OLD GUIDELINES. THE CHANGE GOES INTO EFFECT ON MARCH 3, 2008.

APPLICATION FOR THE REDUCTION IN SENTENCE CAN BE MADE AFTER THIS DATE. THE APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE DONE BY AN EXPERIENCED FEDERAL TRIAL ATTORNEY WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF A POSSIBLE NEW SENTENCING HEARING. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE CHANGES IN THE LAW SINCE BOOKER NOT JUST THE CRACK REDUCTION MAY BE ON THE TABLE IN A RESENTENCING HEARING.

THE LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH E. ROWLAND ONLY DEALS WITH FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE. AS SUCH WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS AND INTRICACIES INVOLVED IN APPLYING FOR THIS REDUCTION. THIS IS NOT A MATTER TO BE LEFT TO FORM PLEADING OR COUNSEL NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FEDERAL SENTENCING CHANGES.