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1993–1996: Member, Commission on Future of the Tennessee Judicial System; 1990–1994: Member, Tennessee Sentencing Commission; 1980–1988: Tennessee Bar Association House of Delegates; 1985–1987: Member, Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund, Board of Directors and Treasurer; 1983–1987: Member, Tennessee Municipal Attorneys Association
Undaunted, the Commission recommended reducing the ratio twice more—to 5-to-1 in 1997, and to 20-to-1 in 2002. Congress ignored these proposals. In 2006, the Commission unilaterally altered the sentencing ranges associated with crack cocaine, achieving in effect a 10-to-1 ratio in sentencing quantities.
On April 9, 2003, Greer was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee vacated by Thomas Gray Hull. Greer was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 11, 2003, and received his commission on June 12, 2003. He assumed senior status on June 30, 2018.
The exception to this rule occurs when the court determines that such use would violate the ex post facto clause of the Constitution – in other words, if the sentencing guidelines have changed so as to increase the penalty "after the fact", so that the sentence is more severe on the sentencing date than was established on the date that the ...
Federal prosecutors on Thursday accused a former Tennessee state senator of intentionally delaying his sentencing after the Republican unsuccessfully attempted to withdraw his guilty plea to ...
Pike would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. The Tennessee Supreme Court has not set an execution date for Pike. Evan Mealins is the justice reporter for The Tennessean.
The law, commonly referred to as “blended sentencing,” will keep children in the juvenile justice system longer. It is also expected to push more kids into the adult criminal justice system.
That body declined to rule on the constitutionality of the Tennessee Plan but rather remanded the case on a technicality. [9] In 2014, Tennessee voters approved an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution, which codified the Tennessee Plan while adding to it a provision that gubernatorial appointments must be confirmed by the General Assembly. [10]