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Reagan signs the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984

President Reagan signed the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 into law on October 12, 1984, which included the Sentencing Reform Act and the creation of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Reagan signs the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984

The law represented the most significant overhaul of federal criminal statutes in decades, reshaping sentencing policy, federal criminal procedure, and parole across the United States.

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