Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest January 2003 No. 1 Vol. 82
United States Sentencing Commission

Crack vs. Powder Cocaine

Mandatory Minimum Drug Penalties

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…

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