Revision of the Federal Criminal Code

REVISION OF THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL CODE

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JACK BROOKS, Texas

ROBERT MCCLORY, Illinois ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin TOM RAILSBACK, Mlinois DON EDWARDS, California

HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan

M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio

CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California

JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio POBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts

HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, New York

THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky

HAROLD S. SAWYER. Michigan WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey

DAN LUNGREN, California SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas

F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., LAMAR GUDGER, North Carolina

Wisconsin
HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri
HERBERT E HARRIS II, Virginia
MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma
MICHAEL D. BARNES, Maryland
DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas
BOB CARR, Michigan
BILLY LEE EVANS, Georgia

JOSEPH L. NELLIS, General Counsel

GARNER J. CLINE, Staff Director
FRANKLIN G. POLK, Associate Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts, Chairman JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Michigan

THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas

HAROLD S. SAWYER, Michigan LAMAR GUDGER, North Carolina

DAN LUNGREN, California
MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma
BOB CARR, Michigan

THOMAS W. HUTCHISON, Counsel
MICHAEL E. WARD, Assistant Counsel
David W. BEIER III, Assistant Counsel

ERIC E. STERLING, Assistant Counsel

VIRGINIA E. SLOAN, Assistant Counsel
RAYMOND V. SMIETANKA, Associate Counsel

ANNE I. WEST, Clerk
CHERYL REYNOLDS, Clerk

American Bar Association....

American Civil Liberties Union...

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Associated Builders and Contractors

Associated General Contractors

Backman, Jack, Massachusetts State Senator

Prepared statement

Baptiste, Robert M., counsel, International Brotherhood of Teamsters....

Prepared statement

Blumstein, Alfred, professor, School of Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie-

Mellon University

Prepared statement

Letter to Hon. Robert F. Drinan, September 5, 1979

Bronstein, Alvin J., executive director, National Prison Project of the Ameri-

can Civil Liberties Union Foundation....

Brown, Edmund G., former Governor of California and Chairman, National

Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws...

Prepared statement

Burns, Hon. James M., U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon.

Prepared statement

Business Roundtable

Carlson, Norman, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons

Prepared statement

Church of the Brethren General Board.

Citizens Commission on Human Rights .

Civiletti, Benjamin R., Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice ..

Prepared statement
Clark, Ramsey, former Attorney General of the United States, testimony
Cleary, John J., executive director, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., on
behalf of the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association

Prepared statement

Coleman, Dr. Lee, on behalf of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights

30

46
1848

284
297

1698

(III)

Curtis, Dennis, professor and director, clinical studies program, Yale Univer-

Dahlin, Roland E., Federal public defender, Southern District of Texas..... 1452

Prepared statement

1466

Davis, Rendell A., executive director, the Pennsylvania Prison Society, letter

to Hon. Robert F. Drinan, August 28, 1979...

603

Dunn, James R., Federal public defender, Central District of California.. 1452

Prepared statement

1466

Dunn, Thomas X., general counsel, Building and Trades Department, AFL-

Edgar, Harold, professor, Columbia University Law School

422

Federal Public and Community Defenders ...

1452

Foote, Caleb, professor of law, University of California, letter to Hon. Robert

F. Drinan, August 28, 1979 (Appendix to testimony of Don M. Gottfredson

and Andrew von Hirsch)....

603

Freeman, George C., Esq., on behalf of the American Bar Association, testi-

mony

440

Gainer, Ronald L., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of

Justice, testimony.

36, 38, 41

Gilbert, Rev. Richard S., member, board of directors, Unitarian-Universalist

Goldberg-Ambrose, Carole E., professor, University of California at Los Ange.

les School of Law, on behalf of the National Committee Against Repressive

Supplemental statement.

362

Gottfredson, Don M., dean, Rutgers University Graduate School of Criminal

Letter to Hon. Robert F. Drinan, August 28, 1979 (Appendix to testimony

of Don M. Gottfredson and Andrew von Hirsch)...

603

Green, Mark, director, Public Citizens' Congress Watch

312

Prepared statement

319

Greenhalgh, William, professor, Georgetown University Law Center, on

behalf of the American Bar Association

58, 440

Prepared statement, February 22, 1979.

68

Prepared statement, September 11, 1979..

462

Hall, Hon. Sam B. Jr., Member of Congress from the State of Texas, opening

statement..

2

Hambrick, Marion W., Jr., Assistant Administrator, Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, U.S. Department of Justice

1869
Prepared statement.

1879
Hanrahan, Kathleen, research associate, Graduate School of Criminal Justice,

Rutgers University, letter to Hon. Robert F. Drinan, August 28, 1979 (Ap-
pendix to testimony of Don M. Gottfredson and Andrew von Hirsch)

603

Harris, M. Kay, director, national capitol office, National Council on Crime

and Delinquency, testimony.

279

Harvey, Hon. Alexander II, U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland,
on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States ..

1598

Heymann, Philip B., Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S.

Department of Justice ......

91

Prepared statement.

128

Addendum to statement.

144

Department of Justice memorandum discussing issues presented by the

August 24, 1979, working draft of the Subcommittee on Criminal Jus-

tice..

206

Hoffman, Peter B., Research Director, U.S. Parole Commission:

Testimony

1647

Letter to Hon. Robert F. Drinan, August 28, 1979 (Appendix to testimony
of Don M. Gottfredson and Andrew von Hirsch)......

603
Hoffman, Hon. Walter E., senior U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District

of Virginia, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States ..... 1612
Hruska, Hon. Roman L., former U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska.

4
Prepared statement

25

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffers, Warehousemen & Help-

Page
ers of America.........

383

Judicial Conference of the United States..

1598

Justice, United States Department of...

30, 91

Landau, David, on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union......

917

Prepared statement

945

Lenck, William M., Chief Counsel, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S.

Department of Justice, testimony.

1869

Loganbill, Fred, on behalf of the National Interreligious Service Board for

Conscientious Objectors and the Church of the Brethern General Board ........ 1689

Prepared statement

1696

Lungren, Hon. Dan, Member of Congress from the State of California, open-
ing statement.

3

Lynn, Rev. Barry W., on behalf of the National Interreligious Task Force on

MacBride, Hon. Thomas, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Cali-

fornia, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States

1611

McCall, Cecil, Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission

1647

Prepared statement

1663

Maltz, Michael D., associate professor, department of criminal justice, depart-

ment of systems engineering, University of Illinois, letter to Hon. Robert F.

Drinan, August 28, 1979 (Appendix to testimony of Don M. Gottfredson and

Andrew von Hirsch)....

603

Marek, Edward F., Federal public defender, Northern District of Ohio..

1452

Prepared statement

1466

Maresca, Charles, on behalf of the National Interreligious Service Board for

Conscientious Objectors and the Church of the Brethern General Board .. 1689

Prepared statement

1696

Messinger, Sheldon L., professor of law, University of California, Berkeley,

letter to Hon. Robert F. Drinan, August 28, 1979 (Appendix to testimony of

Don M. Gottfredson and Andrew von Hirsch).

603

Metzner, Hon. Charles M., U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of

New York, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States... 1608

Prepared statement

1639

Miller, Jerome, president, National Center on Institutions and Alternatives..... 332

Prepared statement

335

Mikva, Hon. Abner, Member of Congress from the State of Illinois, opening

statement.

3

National Committee Against Repressive Legislation........

339

National Council on Crime and Delinquency.

265

National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors.

1689

National Interreligious Task Force on Criminal Justice

403

National Legal Aid and Defender Association .....

284

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

1912
National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation....... 1670
Newman, Donald J., dean, School of Criminal Justice, State University of

New York at Albany, letter to Hon. Robert F. Drinan, August 28, 1979

(Appendix to testimony of Don M. Gottfredson and Andrew von Hirsch) ........ 603

Parent, Dale G., executive director, Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Com-

mission, letter to Hon. Robert F. Drinan, September 4, 1979..

557

Parole Commission, United States

1647

Public Citizens' Congress Watch.

312

Quigley, John, professor, Ohio State University College of Law

1570

Prepared statement