Public Hearing on Retroactive Application of 2025 Sentencing Guidelines,July 16, 2025
07/17/2025The United States Sentencing Commission, which sets the policies and rules governing federal sentencing, is holding a public hearing to gather testimony from invited witnesses on whether to designate certain 2025 guideline amendments as retroactive.
Vladeck Partner Susan J. Walsh, who serves as the Second Circuit representative to the Practitioners Advisory Group (PAG) to the Commission, testified on the retroactivity of the newly promulgated sentencing guidelines applicable to federal criminal sentences.