FAMM testifies at United States Sentencing Commission's crack hearing
11/14/06
The United States Sentencing Commission is holding a hearing on federal crack cocaine sentencing policy on November 14, 2006 at 9:15 a.m. at the Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC, Gewirtz Student Center, 12th Floor. Members of the public are welcome to attend and should bring photo identification in case it is needed.
Julie Stewart, president of FAMM, will present testimony as a community advocate. Click here to download her testimony. The hearing schedule and expected witnesses is below. Click the highlighted links to read testimony from other experts.
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Ave. NW
Gewirtz Student Center, 12th Floor
Washington, DC
AGENDA
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Panel One: Executive Branch
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Drug Enforcement Administration
Department of Justice
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Panel Two: Defense Bar
A.J. Kramer
Federal Public Defenders
David Debold
Practitioners Advisory Group
Stephen Saltzburg
American Bar Association
Carmen Hernandez
NACDL
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Panel Three: State and Local Agencies
Chuck Canterbury
Fraternal Order of Police
Elmore Briggs
Director of Clinical Services, D.C. Department of Health, Addiction Recovery and Prevention Administration
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Panel Four: Judicial Branch
The Honorable Reggie B. Walton
Criminal Law Committee
12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Panel Five: Medical and Treatment Communities
Dr. Nora Volkow
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Dr. Harolyn Belcher
Johns Hopkins University
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Panel Six: Academics
Dr. Alfred Blumstein
Carnegie-Mellon University
Dr. Bruce Johnson
Institute for Special Populations Research
Dr. Peter Reuter
University of Maryland
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Panel Seven: Community Interests
Julie Stewart
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Jesselyn McCurdy
American Civil Liberties Union
Hilary Shelton
NAACP
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Panel Eight: Community Interests
Ryan King
The Sentencing Project
Nkechi Taifa
Open Society Institute
Angela Arboleda
National Council of La Raza
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Adjourn