Federal sentencing and prison attorneys Mark Allenbaugh, Doug Passon, and Alan Ellis with The Law Offices of Alan Ellis discuss one of the new amendments made by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that will take effect on November 1, 2023. Specifically, the attorneys discuss the so-called zero-point offender amendment, which will appear in Section 4C1.1 of the U.S. sentencing guidelines.

Part 1 of the article reviews how the zero-point offender amendment works prospectively. Part 2 addresses how it applies retroactively, and points out some issues for further advocacy.

Both parts of the article were published by Law360.