Public Data Briefing: 2026 Proposed Amendments Relating to Multiple Counts

United States Sentencing Commission · January 15, 2026

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David Rutter, research associate in the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Commission, opened the presentation and said the Commission voted on 12/12/2025 to publish proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines for public comment.

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The United States Sentencing Commission presented and voted to publish a proposed amendment (Dec. 12, 2025) to simplify the guidelines for computing a single offense level in cases with multiple counts. The presentation summarized FY2024 data on how the current multiple-count rules are applied, demographic impacts, and estimated that the proposal would leave most cases unchanged while increasing levels in ~8% and decreasing levels in ~7% of cases.

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