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2010 Guide Lines: News from the U.S. Sentencing Commission 1 (2010)

handle is hein.usfed/gdlusc2010 and id is 1 raw text is: Guide ,\ Winter 2010 Judge William K. Sessions III Confirmed as Sentencing Commission Chair On October 21, 2009, the United States Senate confirmed Chief United States District Judge William K. Sessions III of Cornwall, Vermont, as chair of the United States Sentencing Commission. Chief Judge Sessions said, I am honored to have been nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate to serve as chair of the Sentencing Commission. This is a particularly exciting time because of the commitment to review sentencing policy that everyone in the criminal justice community has demonstrated, and we are taking the lead - through our data, reports, amendments, and listening - on shaping a policy that remains fair and certain, protects and promotes public safety, and ensures equal justice for everyone involved in the process. Chief Judge Sessions served as a vice chair of the Commission for ten years before taking over as chair. He has served as chief judge of the District of Vermont since July 2002 and has been a district judge since 1995. He served on the Judicial Branch Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 2002-2007 and currently is a Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administered oaths of office (left to right) to William B. Carr Jr., Judge Ruben Castillo, Chief Judge William K. Sessions III, Chief Judge Ricardo H. Hinojosa, Beryl A. Howell, and Dabney L. Friedrich. (Photo credit: Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States) t;niei juage William r. bessions Iii member of the Judicial Conference of the United States and the Second Circuit Judicial Council. From 1978-1995, he was a partner with the Middlebury firm of Sessions, Keiner, Dumont & Barnes. Chief Judge Sessions previously served in the Office of the Public Defender for Addison County, as a professor at the Vermont Law School, and as an officer in the United States Army. Chief Judge Sessions received a B.A. degree from Middlebury College and a J.D. degree from the George Washington School of Law. On November 30, 2009, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. presided over an investiture ceremony held at the Supreme Court and administered the oath of office to Chief Judge Sessions and to all current members of the Sentencing Commission. News from the U.S. Sentencing Commission

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