The U.S. Justice Department is recommending changes to the federal sentencing laws, including lengthening prison sentences for tax crimes involving hidden offshore bank accounts, revising punishment schemes for immigration violations and reducing the nation's prison population.
In a letter Thursday to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Jonathan Wroblewski, director of the DOJ's Office of Policy and Legislation, argues that upward departures from sentencing guidelines in certain tax cases would deter other wrongdoers and ultimately enhance the nation's tax enforcement program.
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