Higher Consensus Required for Changes to Federal Prison Sentences.
This bill increases the number of votes required within the U.S. Sentencing Commission to change federal sentencing guidelines, raising the threshold from four to five commissioners. This means that implementing new rules governing the length of federal prison sentences will become more difficult. The goal is to ensure greater stability of current guidelines, but it also slows down potential reforms in the justice system.
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Increases the required support within the Sentencing Commission from 4 to 5 votes to change federal sentencing rules.
This change makes it more difficult to implement both stricter and more lenient reforms to the federal sentencing system, ensuring greater stability of current guidelines.
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