Key Documents
See below for links to key documents (all pdf):
- Criminal Sentencing Task Force 2020 Policy Recommendations: Final Report – 2020
- Criminal Sentencing Task Force Policy Recommendations: Initial Report – 2019
- Budget Proviso establishing the Task Force
- CSTF Members and Alternates Roster– updated November 2022
- Operating Procedures – updated March 18, 2021
- Draft Guiding Principles
- Examining Washington State’s Sentencing Guidelines: A Report for the Criminal Sentencing Task Force, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, May 2021
2022 Key Documents
- CSTF_DRAFT 2022 Workplan_as of 10.6.22 CSTF Meeting
- CSTF Part 1: DRAFT Potential Recommendations of the Vertical Axis of the Sentencing Guidelines Grid
- UPDATED: CSTF Part 2: DRAFT Potential Recommendations of the Horizontal Axis of the Sentencing Guidelines Grid_as of 7.7.22 Task Force Meeting
- Sentencing Alternatives – Eligibility Criteria – DRAFT of 12.17.21
- CSTF 3 Policy Goals Discussion_Notes from May and June 2022 CSTF Meetings
2022 CSTF Working Groups
*As of 8-9-2022, the Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup decided to close its work and will no longer be meeting.*
*The Grid Subgroup will not meet on November 1st in preparation for CSTF consensus deliberations on November 3rd. The group will resume meeting on November 8th.*
- Grid Subgroup
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- Grid Subgroup November 8th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup Cancelled for November 1st – Will resume November 8th
- Grid Subgroup October 25th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup October 18th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup October 11th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup October 4th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup September 27th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup September 20th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup September 19th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup September 13th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup September 6th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup August 30th Meeting
- Grid Subgroup August 23rd Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup August 16th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup August 9th Meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup August 2nd Meeting
- Grid Subgroup July 26th Work Session
- Proposed Grid Formula Recommendation_7.12.22
- Grid Subgroup worksession workbook_7.12.22 and 7.26.22
- CSTF_grouping of potential recs_draft 7.21.22
- CSTF_draft potential rec 33_offense class proposal_6.30.22
- Offenses for Reclassification_violent status proposal
- ProposedScoringExamples_SV-V-DV_Allpermutations
- Potential CSTF Recs Needing Grid Group Attention
- Grid Subgroup – 7.19.22 meeting Notes
- Grid Subgroup July 12th Work Session
- Grid Subgroup – 7.5.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 6.28.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 6.21.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 6.14.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 6.7.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 5.31.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 5.24.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup Discussion Guide for CHS Topics_as of 5.17.22
- Grid Subgroup – 5.10.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 5.3.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 4.26.22 Offense Classifications Draft Proposals
- Grid Subgroup – 4.18.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 4.12.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 4.5.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 3.29.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 3.22.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 3.15.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 3.8.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 3.1.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 2.22.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 2.15.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 2.8.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 2.1.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 1.25.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 1.18.22 meeting notes
- Grid Subgroup – 1.11.22 meeting notes
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup
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- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 1.25.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 2.8.2022
- Presentation – Sentencing Alternatives Options on the Grid
- Examining Washington State’s Sentencing Guidelines: A Report for the Criminal Sentencing Task Force, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, May 2021
- Statistical Summary of Adult Felony Sentencing, FY19, Caseload Forecast Council
- Statistical Summary of Adult Felony Sentencing, FY20, Caseload Forecast Council
- Meeting notes – 2.8.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 2.22.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 3.8.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 3.22.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 4.5.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 4.19.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 5.3.2022
- Meeting notes – 5.3.2022
- Resources on Community Intermediate Sanctions (all pdf):
- From PA: Order of Probation Handout
- From PA: Sentencing Alternatives
- From PA: Handout on Community Intermediate Punishment
- Galvin & Ulmer (2021): Expanding our understanding of focal concerns: alternative sentences, race, and “salvageability”
- Latessa & Schwietzer (2020): Community supervision and violent offenders: what the research tells us and how to improve outcomes
- Painter, Davis, and Ulmer (2020): Discretion and disparity under Sentencing Guidelines revisited: the interrelationship between structured sentencing alternatives and guideline decision-making
- Tonry (1998): Intermediate Sanctions in Sentencing Guidelines
- Warren (2009): Evidence-based sentencing: the application of principles of evidence-based practice to state sentencing practice and policy
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 5.17.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 5.31.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 6.14.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 6.28.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 7.12.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 7.26.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 8.9.2022
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 8.23.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 9.06.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 9.20.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 10.4.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 10.18.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 11.1.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 11.15.2022 – CANCELLED
- Sentencing Alternatives Subgroup – 11.29.2022 – CANCELLED
Research and Data Resources
Click here to view a list of resources related to the Criminal Sentencing System that have been suggested by Task Force members and/or reviewed and referenced during Task Force meetings and meetings of the working groups.
2022 Task Force Meeting Schedule and Materials
Starting in May, meeting times reflect possible in-person, all-day meetings. Changes will be updated here. There is no meeting in January.
If you would like to receive email notifications about virtual meeting coordinates and meeting materials, please send a request to: sentencing.taskforce.ruckelshaus@wsu.edu
- February 3, 1pm-4:30pm
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- Draft agenda
- Scoring Scenarios
- Criminal History Scoring Overview
- Overview WA Scoring Rules Multipliers
- 2.3.22 CSTF Meeting PowerPoint Presentation and Potential Recommendations:
- CSTF 2.3.22 Meeting Summary
- March 3, 1pm-4:30pm
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- CSTF Draft 3.3.22 Meeting Summary
- Draft agenda
- 3.3.22 CSTF Meeting PowerPoint Presentation and Potential Recommendations
- Background on Aggravators & Mitigators
- Exceptional Sentences Aggravators & Mitigators Adult Sentencing Manual
- Overview of three strikes & two strikes
- Three strikes & Two strikes Offense Lists Adult Sentencing Manual 2020
- April 7, 1pm-4:30pm
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- Draft agenda
- Presentation – 4.7.22
- Three Strikes and Two Strikes
- Three Strikes and Two Strikes Overview
- Offense Lists – Adult Sentencing Manual 2020
- Consecutive and Concurrent Sentencing Policy
- CSTF 4.7.22 Meeting Summary
- May 5, 10am-4:00pm - ZOOM and IN-PERSON
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- Draft agenda
- 5.5.22 Meeting PowerPoint Presentation
- Draft 2022 work plan
- CSTF Operating Procedures
- Draft detailed guide of potential recommendations Vertical Axis
- Draft detailed guide potential recommendations Horizontal Axis
- Meeting Summary – May 5th CSTF
- June 2, 10am-4:00pm - ZOOM and IN-PERSON (Puyallup)
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- Agenda – DRAFT
- 2022 Updated Workplan
- 6.2.22 meeting presentation
- 3 Policy Goals Sticky Notes
- Potential Recommendation – Creating a Community Intermediate Sanctions Program
- Potential Recommendation – Misdemeanor Scoring Rules in Criminal History Scoring
- Overview of Washington’s Criminal History Scoring and Exceptions
- June 2nd meeting summary
- July 7, 9:30am-3:30pm ZOOM and IN-PERSON (Seattle area)
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- 7.7.22 Meeting PowerPoint Presentation
- Draft Agenda
- Draft potential recommendation: offense class
- WA Washout Overview
- Criminal History Score Wash Out
- Desistance and Recidivism- book chapter
- Meeting Summary – CSTF July, 7, 2022
- August 4, 10am-4:00pm ZOOM and IN-PERSON (Puyallup area)
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- Meeting Summary – August 4th, 2022
- Draft Agenda
- Proposed Recommendation: New Felony Sentencing Grid
- Vertical and Horizontal Potential Recommendations– as of July 2022
- Meeting powerpoint presentation
- August 31, 10am - 4pm ZOOM ONLY
Meeting recording – available via TVW
Meeting Materials:
- CSTF 08.31.22 Agenda
- CSTF CISRS Proposed Recommendation
- CSTF Sentencing System Proposed Recommendations
- Powerpoint presentation – 8.31.22
- Meeting Summary – CSTF 8.31.2022
- September 1, 10am-4:00pm - ZOOM and IN-PERSON (Puyallup)
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Meeting Materials:
- CSTF 9.1.22 Agenda
- CSTF New Guidelines Grid Proposed Recommendation
- CSTF Operating Procedures
- Powerpoint presentation – 9.1.22
- Meeting Summary – CSTF 9.1.2022
- October 6, 10am- 4:00pm - ZOOM and IN-PERSON (Puyallup)
Meeting Recording – Available via TVW.org
Meeting Materials:
- CSTF 10/6/22 Meeting Agenda
- CSTF 2022 Updated Workplan
- CSTF Proposed Recommendation New Felony Sentencing Guidelines Grid
- CSTF Sentencing System Proposed Recommendations
- CSTF 10.6.2022 – PowerPoint presentation
- CSTF Meeting Summary – 10.6.2022
- *Additional Meeting* October 20th, 10 am - 4 pm, ZOOM and Seattle
Meeting Recording – available via TVW.org
Meeting Materials:
- 10.20.2022 – draft agenda – updated10.19.22
- CISRS Proposed Recommendation – draft of 9.30.2022
- Sentencing Alternative Chart
- Sentencing System Proposed Recommendations – draft of 10.19.2022
- CSTF 2022 Updated Workplan_as of 10.20.22
- Meeting Presentation
- November 3, 10am-4:00pm - ZOOM and IN-PERSON (Puyallup)
Meeting Recording – via TWV.org
Meeting Materials:
- CSTF 11/03/22 Draft Agenda (as of 10/26/22)
- CISRS Proposed Recommendation (as of 10/26/22)
- Sentencing System Proposed Recommendations (10/26/22)
- List of all Proposed Recommendations for Consensus (10/26/22)
- 11.3.22 Meeting Presentation
- CSTF Meeting Summary – 11.3.22
- *Additional Meeting* November 17, 10 am - 4 pm, ZOOM and Puyallup
Materials:
- *DATE CHANGE* December 8, 10am-4:00pm - ZOOM and IN-PERSON (Puyallup)
Meeting materials forthcoming.