Comprehensive Crime Control Act (jan 1, 1984 – jan 1, 1984)

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The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 created the U.S. Sentencing Commission to establish sentencing guidelines for the federal courts and established a regimen of determinate sentences. The chair of the Parole Commission is an ex-officer, nonvoting member of the Sentencing Commission. The decision to establish sentencing guidelines was based in large part on the success of the Parole Commission in developing and implementing its parole guidelines. In 1987, the Sentencing Commission submitted to Congress its initial set of sentencing guidelines, which took effect that year. As set forth by the Crime Control Act, offenders whose acts were committed on or after November 1, 1987, serve determinate terms under the sentencing guidelines and are not eligible for parole consideration

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