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Sentencing Guidelines Commission outlines 2026 priorities: rerankings, domestic‑violence review, 'hernandizing' and a rewrite
Summary
The commission discussed priorities for 2026, including reranking parts of the standard grid, exploring separate or altered handling for domestic‑violence cases, studying the application of criminal history within single sentencing events ("hernandizing"), and a proposed reorganization of the guidelines; no binding policy changes were made.
At its Jan. 8 meeting the Sentencing Guidelines Commission aired a slate of priorities for 2026 and asked members to consider serving on subcommittees to study several complex issues before the commission takes formal votes.
Chair Mitchell identified the most likely near‑term projects as (1) reranking selected offense groups on the standard grid (motor‑vehicle theft, offenses resulting in death, and remaining drug‑grid items), (2) examining whether domestic‑violence cases should be handled differently or placed on a separate grid, (3) studying ‘‘hernandizing’’ (the application of criminal history from earlier convictions in the same…
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