United States Sentencing Commission
Honorable Diana E. Murphy, Chair
The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency within the Judicial Branch. Its principal purposes are: to establish sentencing policies and practices for the Federal courts; to advise and assist Congress and the Executive Branch in the development of effective and efficient crime policy; and to collect, analyze, research, and distribute a broad array of information on Federal crime sentencing issues. Judge Diana E. Murphy has served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 1994. She has been on the Federal bench since 1980, when she was appointed to the U.S. District…
