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NEW REPORT
Recidivism Among Federal Offenders Receiving Retroactive Sentence Reductions: The 2011 Fair Sentencing Act Guideline Amendment
Report Summary
Today, the U.S. Sentencing Commission released a new report analyzing recidivism rates of two groups of federal crack cocaine offenders. One group of offenders received reduced sentences through retroactive application of the 2011 Fair Sentencing Act guideline amendment; they were compared to a second group of similar offenders who were released before the guideline amendment took effect, but otherwise would have been eligible for sentence reduction motion.
Research Question
Did the reduced sentences for the FSA Retroactivity Group result in increased recidivism?
The publication reports that there was no difference between the recidivism rates of the two groups of offenders.
Among offenders who did recidivate, the time to recidivism for both groups was nearly identical.
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