Topic - U.S. Sentencing Commission

The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency of the judicial branch of the federal government of the United States. It is responsible for articulating the sentencing guidelines for the United States federal courts. The Commission promulgates the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which replaced the prior system of indeterminate sentencing that allowed trial judges to give sentences ranging from probation to the maximum statutory punishment for the offense. - Source: Wikipedia

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 29, 2014, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder testifies June 1, 2011, before the U.S. Sentencing Commission at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington. (Associated Press)

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