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1 December 9, 2013 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL The Honorable Richard J. Dick Durbin United States Senate 711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC The Honorable Michael S. Mike Lee United States Senate 316 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC RE: The Smarter Sentencing Act Dear Senators Durbin and Lee: As former judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials, we write to express our support for the reforms to federal sentencing contained in the Smarter Sentencing Act (S.1410, H.R.3382). Your bill represents an important step in promoting public safety and addressing the consequences of federal mandatory minimum sentences on the explosive growth in incarceration costs and the fairness of sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. Law enforcement has made great progress in curbing violent crime. At the federal level, we need to address the parts of our sentencing policies that are not working. Over the past three decades, what we spend on federal incarceration has increased by more than 1100 percent. Despite this massive investment, federal prisons are nearly 40 percent over capacity, with the ratio of prisoners to prison guards rising. As a nation, we are expending enormous amounts of money and still failing to keep pace with the growing prison population, with drug offenders comprising nearly half of this population. In addition to being fiscally imprudent, maintaining the status quo in federal sentencing policy threatens public safety. Overcrowding threatens the safety of prison guards and inmates in federal prisons. Perhaps most important, spending on incarceration in this economy has started to jeopardize funding for some of our most important priorities, like crime prevention, law enforcement, and reducing recidivism. This includes possible reductions in the number of federal investigators and prosecutors. The Bureau of Prisons currently accounts for about 25 percent of the Department of Justice s budget and this is projected to increase. With more resources going to incarcerate nonviolent offenders, and fewer resources spent to investigate and prosecute violent crimes and support state and local law enforcement efforts, public safety will be at risk. Law enforcement will continue to maximize its resources to keep our communities safe. But Congress created our sentencing scheme and needs to act to help solve these problems. The Smarter Sentencing Act reflects these concerns and embodies measured, bipartisan reforms. Its modest expansion of the current safety valve, coupled with the reduction of some mandatory minimums for non- violent drug offenses while maintaining statutory maximums allows courts to make individualized assessments in nonviolent drug cases. This maintains consistency in sentencing for drug- related offenses, but allows for discretion to give less lengthy sentences, where appropriate. This approach is a step toward controlling the growth of incarceration costs, while maintaining public safety
2 and helping to ensure that prison sentences are appropriate for each offender. The bill does not repeal any mandatory minimums or affect the sentences for any violent offenses, but helps focus limited resources on the most serious offenders. The bill also promotes fairness and consistency by acknowledging the numerous federal prisoners who are serving sentences imposed prior to the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 s reduction of the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity. The Smarter Sentencing Act would allow certain inmates sentenced under the old regime to petition courts and prosecutors for a review of their sentences and possible sentence reductions under current law. This not only addresses what is now widely recognized as an unjust disparity in sentences, but estimates also show that it could save more than $1 billion in incarceration costs. We appreciate your leadership in seeking bipartisan solutions to address the widely acknowledged problems with over- incarceration, to which mandatory minimum sentences have contributed. We are pleased to extend our help as you work with your colleagues in both the Senate and House to pursue reform in federal sentencing. Signatories as of December 9, 2013: Sergio Acosta Lee Altschuler Former Chief Assistant United States Attorney, Silicon Valley Division, Northern District of California; Former Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of California David Barasch Former United States Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania Sean Berkowitz Richard S. Berne Former Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York; Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of California Joel D. Bertocchi Former Solicitor General of Illinois; Herbert Better Former First Assistant United States Attorney and Court- appointed United States Attorney, District of Maryland Jonathan Biran and District of Connecticut 2
3 Robert Bonsib William G. Broaddus Former Attorney General, Virginia Jim Brosnahan Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Arizona; Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Northern California Arthur L. Burnett, Sr. Former Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, District of Columbia; Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia; former Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division A. Bates Butler III Former United States Attorney, District of Arizona; Former First Assistant United States Attorney, District of Arizona Zachary W. Carter Former United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York David H. Coar Former Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois Barry Coburn Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia Veronica F. Coleman- Davis Former United States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee Vincent J. Connelly Raymond J. Dearie Senior Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York; Former United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York Robert J. Del Tufo Former United States Attorney, District of New Jersey; Former New Jersey State Attorney General Morton Denlow Former Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois Richard A. Devine Former State s Attorney, Cook County, Illinois 3
4 Joseph J. Duffy Former First Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois Bruce J. Einhorn Former Judge, Los Angeles Immigration Court; Former Chief of Litigation, Office of Special Investigations, Department of Justice Tyrone C. Fahner ; Former Attorney General of Illinois James P. Fieweger Mark A. Flessner Kobie Flowers Former Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Section Stephen G. Frye Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Kentucky Gabriel Fuentes John N. Gallo Cynthia Giacchetti Lawrence S. Goldman Former Assistant District Attorney, New York County, NY Daniel F. Goldstein Steven Gordon Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia Donald H. Heller Former Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of California Martin Himeles 4
5 Patricia Brown Holmes Former Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County; Former Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois; Former Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County, Illinois George Jackson Erlinda O. Johnson Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of New Mexico Tonya Kelly Former Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Maryland Michael H. King Miriam A. Krinsky Former Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California Fern M. Laethem Former Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of California Scott R. Lassar Former United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois Laurie L. Levenson Former Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California Steven Levin Former Deputy Criminal Chief, United States Attorney s Office, District of Maryland; Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Maryland Lori Lightfoot Matthias A. Lydon Kwame Manley Former Deputy Criminal Chief, United States Attorney s Office, District of Maryland; John Martin Former United States District Judge, Southern District of New York; Former United States Attorney, Southern District of New York 5
6 John G. Martin Former Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York; Former Assistant District Attorney, New York County Robert Mathias A. Melvin McDonald Former United States Attorney, District of Arizona Thomas K. McQueen Steven Molo James D. Montgomery, Sr. Nan R. Nolan Former United States Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Illinois Kirk Bowden Obear Former Special Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Illinois; Former Chief, Military Justice, Scott Air Force Base, United States Air Force Jerome F. O Neill Former United States Attorney, District of Vermont; Former First Assistant United States Attorney, District of Vermont Stephen M. Orlofsky Former Judge, United States District Court, District of New Jersey Mark Osler Former Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan A. John Pappalardo Former United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts; Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts Elliot R. Peters Former Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York Kate Pflaumer Former United States Attorney, West District of Washington 6
7 Richard J. Pocker Former United States Attorney, District of Nevada; Assistant United States Attorney, District of Nevada; Captain, United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps Theodore T. Poulos Sidney Powell Former Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas and Eastern District of Virginia Ernest D. Preate, Jr. Former Attorney General of Pennsylvania; Former District Attorney, Lackawanna County, PA Daniel E. Reidy Former First Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois Dom J. Rizzi Former Judge, Appellate Court of Illinois, First District; Former Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County J. William Roberts Former United States Attorney, Central District of Illinois; Former Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of Illinois Richard A. Rossman Former United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan Mark L. Rotert Kenneth Roth Former Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York; Former Chief Appellate Attorney, Criminal Division, United States Attorney s Office, Southern District of New York Stephen H. Sachs Former United States Attorney, District of Maryland; Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Maryland Ronald S. Safer Stephen Saltzburg Former Ex- Officio Member, United States Sentencing Commission; Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice; Former Associate Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra 7
8 Donald E. Santarelli Former Administrator, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Department of Justice; Former Associate Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice Charles Scheeler John Schmidt Former Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice William S. Sessions Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Former Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Chief Judge; Former United States Attorney, Western District of Texas Steven Shobat Alan Silber Former Assistant Prosecutor, Essex County, NJ, Chief Economic Crimes Unit Jeffrey B. Sklaroff Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York Charles B. Sklarsky ; Former Assistant State s Attorney, Cook County, Illinois Neal R. Sonnett Former Assistant United States Attorney, Chief of Criminal Division, Southern District of Florida Juliet S. Sorensen Brandon Spurlock David J. Stetler Thomas P. Sullivan Former United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois Robert W. Tarun Former Executive Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois; Former Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois 8
9 Paul Tiao, ; Former Senior Counselor, Federal Bureau of Investigation Ann C. Tighe Peter J. Tomao Former Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York Scott Turow Stanley A. Twardy, Jr. Former United States Attorney, District of Connecticut Keith Uhl Former United States Special Prosecutor, District of Iowa Alan Vinegrad Former United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York; Former Chief of the Criminal Division, Eastern District of New York Atlee W. Wampler, III Former United States Attorney, Southern District of Florida; Former Attorney- in- Charge, Miami Strike Force, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Department of Justice Morris Sandy Weinberg, Jr. Former Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York M. David Weisman Jim West Former United States Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania Kira Anne West Former Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas Andrew C. White Warren D. Wolfson Former Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District; Former Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County Sharon Zealey Former United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio 9
10 Sheldon T. Zenner David M. Zlotnick Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia 10
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