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FEDERAL BAR COUNCIL FORMS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PRISON REFORM AND ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING
New York, NY
New Special Committee
FEDERAL BAR COUNCIL FORMS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PRISON REFORM AND ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING
New York, NY, August 6, 2009.
Robert J. Giuffra, President of the Federal Bar Council, today announced that the Council has formed a eighteen-member Special Committee on Prison Reform and Alternative Sentencing. Robert J. Anello of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. and President-Elect of the Council, will serve as Chair of the Special Committee, and Frederic S. Nathan of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, will be Co-chair.
“One of the most pressing issues facing the Nation is our large prison population. Over the past several years, the Federal Bar Council has conducted a number of programs on sentencing and incarceration,” said Mr. Giuffra. “We are delighted that a distinguished group of three federal judges, a former New York City Police Commissioner, a former United States Attorney, and leading lawyers and academics have agreed to participate on this important Committee. The Council has long been at the forefront of legal reform, and we anticipate that this Committee will propose needed reforms in sentencing, prison conditions, and post-discharge assistance.”
“The statistics are striking: Nearly 2.4 million people are now in American prisons, and another 5 million remain on probation or parole. In other words, almost one in every 30 adults in the United States is in prison, in jail or on supervised release,” said Mr. Anello. “Our Committee will examine such pressing subjects as expanding the drug and alcohol treatment programs in the federal prison system, alternatives to incarceration for both adults and minors, improving the physical and mental health for incarcerated persons, rehabilitation counseling, and prison overcrowding and violence,” Mr. Anello continued.
The other members of the Special Committee are:
Judge Paul A. Crotty of the Southern District of New York
Judge John Gleeson of the Eastern District of New York
Judge Stefan R. Underhill of the District of Connecticut
Arthur N. Abbey of Abbey Spainer Rodd & Abrams LLP
Zachary W. Carter from Dorsey & Whitney LLP, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Mark L. Goldsmith, President, CEO, and founder of the non-profit Getting Out and Staying Out organization (GOSO)
Vilia B. Hayes of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Martin F. Horn, former Commissioner of the Departments of Correction and Probation of New York City and now a Distinguished Lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Larry H. Krantz of Krantz & Berman LLP
William F. Kuntz II of Baker Hostetler LLP
Harold F. “Skip” McGuire of Entwistle & Cappucci LLP
Former New York City Police Commissioner Robert J. McGuire
Karin Klapper Orenstein, Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Professor Leonard Orland of the University of Connecticut School of Law
Steven R. Peikin of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Frank B. Velie from Sullivan & Worcester LLP
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Founded in 1932, the Federal Bar Council is a group of more than 3,000 judges and lawyers who practice in the federal courts of the Second Circuit. For additional information about the Council and its activities, please visit the Council’s Web site at www.federalbarcouncil.org.
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Robert J. Giuffra, Jr.
President
giuffrar@sullcrom.com |
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