The Organizational Sentencing Guidelines

The USSC is an independent agency in the judicial branch of the United States Government. It promulgates sentencing guidelines and policy 

The Supreme Court upheld the establishment of the United States Sentencing Commission against claims that it violated the doctrine of separation of powers and excessively delegated Congress s legislative authority. Mistretta v. United States, 448 US. 361 (1989). 

The USSC and its publications are a valuable source for developing some basic understanding of the OSG. There are very few judicial opinions relating to the OSG. More than 90 percent of organizational cases settle because companies generally prefer to obtain certainty and closure rather than to risk the expense and uncertainty of continued Utigation. As one commentator noted, Company counsel will search in vain for decided cases on this subject thus far there are no reported cases interpreting what is meant 

The Sentencing Guidelines for individuals were submitted to Congress in 1987 and became effective that year. 

Amir Efrati, Looser Rules on Sentencing Stir Concerns About Equity, Wall St. J., Nov. 5,2009. 

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If you follow the guidelines presented in the first two parts of this book, you may never experience writer s block again. By the time you begin to write coherent sentences, you should already have a thesis statement, an organizational pattern, and a body of coherent evidence. 

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