Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This series consists of newspaper clipping and subject files, public comment correspondence files, and public hearing testimony
and transcripts compiled by the Committee on Sentencing Guidelines. The series contains copies of incoming correspondence
from and committee replies to directors of criminal justice agencies, district attorneys, members of the judiciary, citizen
advocacy groups, legal scholars, correctional facility inmates, and private citizens. The series also contains prepared testimony
and transcripts of public hearings held by the committee in Albany, Buffalo, and New York City in February of 1985. Correspondence
and testimony pertain to the committee's proposals in relation to earned reduction in sentences, prison discipline, determinate
sentencing, judicial discretion, and mandatory parole terms.
Creator:
Title:
New York State Committee on Sentencing Guidelines public hearing statements and transcripts
Quantity:
2 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates:
1983-1985
Series Number:
14507