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Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System, United States Sentencing Commission, January 2009. “During the past ten years, alternatives to incarceration1 have been imposed for between 15 and 25 percent of federal offenders. The true extent to which courts impose these alternatives is not apparent in this trend, however, because of the unique composition …
The Legislative Source Book of the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC) now has a 1.5 MB file, in PDF, of the complete Conference Report, H. Rep. 111-16, to H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which has been taken and combined from five Congressional Record (50 page) files on GPO …
H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, February 13, 2009. Cost estimate for the conference agreement for H.R. 1: “Combining both spending and revenue effects, CBO estimates that enacting the conference agreement for H.R. 1 would increase federal budget deficits by $185 billion over the remaining months of fiscal year 2009, by $399 …
“The Law Library of Congress is pleased to present a newly digitized collection to celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The collection covers three eras including nine items in the Lincoln the Lawyer collection, five on Habeas Corpus and the War Powers of the President, and eight covering The Assassination: Trials. Lincoln’s effort to …
News release: “In public testimony today before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair outlined the most significant global security threats facing the nation. Recognizing that global threats comprise a diverse set of issues and factors, Director Blair framed the analysis by identifying key areas of risk, concern and …
