| Resolution Number: | 2003-A008 |
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| Title: | Urge Congress to Repeal Mandatory Federal Sentencing Guidelines |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 74th General Convention urge the Congress of the United States to repeal the mandatory Federal sentencing guidelines used in federal criminal matters, and direct the Office of Government Relations to work for such repeal in order to give federal judges more discretion in sentencing offenders, and to overcome the current racially discriminatory impact of these guidelines.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 2003 (New York: General Convention, 2004), p. 126f. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Executive Council |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #1 on Resolution A008 (Repeal Mandatory Federal Sentencing Guidelines) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A008)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 74th General Convention urge the Congress of the United States to repeal the mandatory Federal sentencing guidelines used in federal criminal matters, and restore the discretion of federal trial judges.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 74th General
Convention urge the Congress of the United States to repeal the mandatory
federal sentencing guidelines used in federal criminal matters, and
restore the discretion of federal trial judges direct the
Office of Government Relations to work for such repeal in order to give federal
judges more discretion in sentencing offenders, and to overcome the current
racially discriminatory impact of these guidelines.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #10)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #1 on HD Message #10 on Resolution A008 (Repeal Mandatory Federal Sentencing Guidelines) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #65)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, August 1.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council, Reports to the 74th General Convention, 2003, pp. 49-58. |
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| Abstract: | The 74th General Convention urges the U.S. Congress to repeal mandatory federal sentencing guidelines in order to give federal judges more discretion when sentencing offenders. |