The President's Commission on Uniform Sentencing should consider a provision for a minimum of one year imprisonment for any second or subsequent violation of Federal law involving obscene material that depicts adults

The Commission has received considerable evidence with regard to the disparity in sentences obscenity law violators receive.^[384] Congress has enacted the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. The President's Commission on Uniform Sentencing is a result of this Act.^[385] According to the Department of Justice,

The principal goal of the Sentencing Reform Act is to establish a uniform, determinate federal sentencing system that will accomplish the purpose of just punishment, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation. This goal is to be achieved primarily through the use of sentencing guidelines established by a Presidentially appointed Sentencing Commission, which will be composed of seven full time members and a staff. At least three members must be active federal judges who will not be required to resign from the bench to serve on the Commission. The initial set of guidelines is to be completed in eighteen months. In the course of its work, the Commission will examine the offense and offender characteristics that judges now consider in making sentencing determinations, and will determine which of those should be reflected in the guidelines, which ones occur so infrequently that they should not be considered in the guidelines but might justify a departure from the guidelines, and which ones should not affect the sentence at all.^[386]

In addition, the President's Commission on Uniform Sentencing should specifically consider the problems associated with sentencing obscenity law violations.

Notes

384. Defendants Sentenced in United States District Courts by Major Offenses for the Twelve Month Period Ended June 30, 1981:

     MAJOR OFFENSE			IMPRISONMENT
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PRISON MONTHS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18	1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY	2 1 1	60 120 180	60 60	15,000 20,000
     18	1461	9810
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820	1	12
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820	1 1	18 24	60	5,000 15,000

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			PROBATION
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY	1 1 1 1	24 36 48 60	5,000
     18	1461	9810
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820	2	24	500
     18 18	1464 1464	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820	3 2	12 24

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			IMPRISONMENT
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PRISON MONTHS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY
     18	1461	9810
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820	1	6	24
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			FINE ONLY
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PROBATION MONTHS	OTHER SENTENCES
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY
     18	1461	9810
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820
     18 18	1464 1464	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820	3 1	15,000 200,000

     
     DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS BY MAJOR OFFENSES FOR THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 1982

     MAJOR OFFENSE			IMPRISONMENT
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PRISON MONTHS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18	1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY 9810	1 1	60 108	60
     18 18 18	1462 1462 1462	FELONY FELONY 9820	1 1	48 60	60	12,500
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9910
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9910
     18 18	1465 1465	FELONY 9820	1	18	60	5,000

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			PROBATION
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18	1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY 9810	1 1	36 60
     18 18 18	1462 1462 1462	FELONY FELONY 9820	1 2	12 12	1,000
     18 18	1464 1464	FELONY 9910
     18 18	1465 1465	FELONY 9820	3	12

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			FINE ONLY
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	AMOUNT	OTHER SENTENCES
     18 18 18	1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY 9810
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820	1	5,000
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9910
     18 18	1465 1465	FELONY 9820	1	20,000

     DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS BY MAJOR OFFENSES FOR THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 1983

     MAJOR OFFENSE			IMPRISONMENT
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PRISON MONTHS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY	1 1	60 108	60	5,000

     MAJOR OFFENSE			PROBATION
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY	1 2 1 1 2	24 36 36 36 48	1,000 1,500 2,000

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			FINE ONLY
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	AMOUNT	OTHER SENTENCES
     18 18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY	1	5,000

     DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS BY MAJOR OFFENSES FOR THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 1984

     MAJOR OFFENSE			IMPRISONMENT
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PRISON MONTHS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY	1 1	36 60
     18	1462	FELONY
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY FELONY	1 1	24 36

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			PROBATION
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY	1 1 4	24 36 60
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820	1	12

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			SPLIT SENTENCES
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	PRISON MONTHS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY		3
     18	1461	9810
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820	1	6	24
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			FINE ONLY
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFENDANTS	AMOUNT	OTHER SENTENCES
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY	1	15,000
     18	1461	9820
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820	3 1	15,000 200,000

     DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS BY MAJOR OFFENSES FOR THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 1985

     MAJOR OFFENSE			IMPRISONMENT
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFEN- DANTS	PRISON MONTHS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY 9810	1	6
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820
     18 18	1464 1464	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			PROBATION
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFEN- DANTS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY	2 3 3 4	24 36 48 60
     18	1461	9810
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820	1 3	36 60
     18 18	1464 1464	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			SPLIT SENTENCES
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFEN- DANTS	PRISON MONTHS	PROBATION MONTHS	FINE
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY	5
     18	1461	9810
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820	1

     
     

     MAJOR OFFENSE			FINE ONLY
     TITLE/SECTION AND LEVEL			DEFEN- DANTS	AMOUNT	OTHER SENTENCES
     18 18 18 18	1461 1461 1461 1461	FELONY FELONY FELONY FELONY
     18	1461	9810
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9820
     18 18	1462 1462	FELONY 9910
     18 18 18	1465 1465 1465	FELONY FELONY 9820

     Source: Administrative Offices of the United States Courts.

385. United States Department of Justice, Handbook on the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 and other Criminal Statutes Enacted by the 98th Congress 31 (1984).
386. Id.