Video Series on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines

This three-part video series provides an overview of the Commission and the federal sentencing guidelines.

2012 Guidelines Manual (Effective November 1, 2012)

The 2012 Guidelines Manual incorporates the Commission's 2012 amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines.

Fair Sentencing Act Amendment Retroactivity Data Report (December 2012)

This report provides data concerning the retroactive application of the 2011 amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines implementing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.

Interactive Sourcebook

The Interactive Sourcebook allows users to re-create and customize the tables and figures presented in the Commission's printed Sourcebooks of Federal Sentencing Statistics, and contains additional viewing options and tables.

Third Quarter FY12 Quarterly Sentencing Update

Letter to Congress on Rising Costs of Incarceration

The Commission submitted this letter on August 7, 2012, for inclusion in the record of the August 1, 2012, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Rising Prison Costs: Restricting Budgets and Crime Prevention Options."

Federal Register Notice Seeking Applications for the Commission's Practitioners Advisory Group

The voting membership covered by this notice is for the Sixth Circuit. Cover letters and resumes are due by February 1, 2013.

Federal Register Notice of Final Priorities for 2013

This document identifies and gives notice of the Commission's policy priorities for the 2013 amendment cycle.

Revised Crack Retroactivity Primer

This document presents federal case law addressing procedural issues concerning motions for sentence reductions under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).

Updated Supreme Court Case Law and Selected Guideline Application Decisions by Circuit

These documents present selected decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals involving issues related to the federal sentencing guidelines.