Feds Seek Public Comment on Meth Sentencing, Untouched for Decades

Feds Seek Public Comment on Meth Sentencing, Untouched for Decades

The United States Sentencing Commission is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines, which could for the first time in decades update the egregiously arbitrary and outdated the penalties for trafficking methamphetamine. About one out of four people in the entire Federal Bureau of Prisons population is serving time for meth trafficking. Public comment may influence whether the amendments would be applied …