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  2. Safety valve (law) - Wikipedia

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    The safety valve is a provision in the Sentencing Reform Act and the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines that authorizes a sentence below the statutory minimum for certain nonviolent, non-managerial drug offenders with little or no criminal history.

  3. Pulsifer v. United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal sentencing statute, 18 U.S.C. 3553, contains a provision known as a "safety valve". The safety valve, located at § 3553(f), requires the trial courts to sentence qualifying defendants according to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, regardless of any statutory minimum sentences. Criteria for qualification are listed in § 3553(f)(1 ...

  4. Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 - Wikipedia

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    The bills were worked on to merge the language of the Smarter Sentencing Act (H.R. 3382/S. 1410) and the Justice Safety Valve Act (H.R. 1695/S. 619) along with a new bill, S. 1783 the Federal Prison Reform Act of 2013, introduced by John Cornyn (R-TX). In October, 2013, both bills were still in committee. [2]

  5. List of professional sportspeople convicted of crimes - Wikipedia

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    November 18, 1983 (sentencing) Attempted possession of cocaine 3 months imprisonment, $5,000 fine Aikens was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin. They were the first active MLB players ever to be sentenced for drug violations. [170] Retired United States December 13, 1994 (sentencing)

  6. Smarter Sentencing Act - Wikipedia

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    The bill was introduced on July 31, 2013, by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and referred to the Judiciary Committee on October 20, 2013. It is related to the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, the Federal Prison Reform Act of 2013 (S. 1783) and others, in an effort to deal with the over-crowded, and under-funded, federal prison system.

  7. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    The Guidelines are the product of the United States Sentencing Commission, which was created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. [3] The Guidelines' primary goal was to alleviate sentencing disparities that research had indicated were prevalent in the existing sentencing system, and the guidelines reform was specifically intended to provide for determinate sentencing.

  8. Category:United States sentencing law - Wikipedia

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    United States constitutional sentencing law; 0–9. 10-20-Life; A. ... Safety valve (law) Sentencing Act of 1987; Sentencing Reform Act; Special assessment on ...

  9. California Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    Volumes of the Thomson West annotated version of the California Penal Code; the other popular annotated version is Deering's, which is published by LexisNexis. The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences, among other things, in the American state of California.