Call-to-Action: Send Letter to US Sentencing Commission by Friday Nov 6

Your help is urgently needed NOW.  Please take a minute to write to the US Sentencing Commission this week regarding the reclassification of CP offenses. Below is a sample Email and sample Letter contributed by a member that just sent this to 40 people that she can also count on to help.  You can use this to send your own letter, and to enlist the help of your Friends and Family, too.

We are often asked “what can we do?”.  Here is a chance to help in a big way!  Do it today.

 

 

SAMPLE EMAIL

TO: [email protected]

Dear Family and Friends,

 

We have a short window of opportunity to impact the sentencing of online child pornography (CP).  The federal sentencing commission is examining whether to reclassify CP so that it is no longer considered a violent offense.  This would affect [NAME OF PERSON]  and their life after imprisonment.

 

We need to send letters to the federal commission voicing support of this reclassification.  I have included a sample letter at the bottom of this email.  You can use it as is without modification, or add your own concerns. Please remember to sign your name, date and provide return address.

 

Please note that the commission meets Nov 12^th so the letters and emails need to go out as soon as possible.

 

Thank you for your care and concern.

 

 

***SAMPLE LETTER TO US SENTENCING COMMISSION****

 

November 3, 2015

 

 

United States Sentencing Commission

One Columbus Circle, N.E. Suite 2-500

Washington, DC 20002-8002

Attention: Public Affairs

 

Re: Proposed Amendment to Section 4B1.2 of the Sentencing Guidelines, “Crime of Violence” Definition

 

 

To Whom it May Concern:

 

In response to request for public comment, I am writing this letter to share my personal belief that possession of child pornography should be excluded from the definition of a “forcible sex offense”. Non-production possession, receipt, transportation or distribution of child pornography does not meet the criteria of being a sexual act or of having sexual contact. Therefore it should be excluded as a violent sexual act.

 

Using the classification of violent offender placing the offender under the same label as someone who has had sexual contact with a child distorts the truth and is at the very least misguided.

 

We are all passionate about protecting our children however, we have taken this passion to a level where we are applying a definition that does not fit the crime and using this to perpetuate a lifetime of punishment. Therefore, I would like this letter to be entered as public comment to item 4 (D) in the “Issues for Comment” section of the United States Sentencing Commission proposal to amend Section 4B1.2(a)(2) of the sentencing guidelines.

 

 

Sincerely,

[SIGN YOUR NAME AND PROVIDE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS]