WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Mike Lee issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today submitted a letter (https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/00A7C780-613D-499C-A1FD-FF53968B71A7) to the U.S. Sentencing Commission proposing bipartisan sentencing guidelines that will incentivize early rehabilitation to reduce repeat offenses and increase public safety. U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), James Lankford (R-OK), Thom Tilliis (R-NC), and Roger Wicker (R-MS), along with U.S. Representatives Laurel Lee (R-FL), Don Bacon (R-NE), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Deborah Ross (D-NC) co-authored the letter.
"Under federal law, courts should consider the history and characteristics of a def...