Safety valve (law)
For safety valves in copyright law, see Traditional safety valves.
The safety valve is a provision in the Sentencing Reform Act and the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines that authorizes a sentence below the statutory minimum for certain nonviolent, non-managerial drug offenders with little or no criminal history.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)
- ↑ U.S.S.G. §5C1.2
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