Republican Congressman from Florida's Fifth District. He is Chairman of the House Crime Subcommittee.

U.S. Senator (R-Ala), and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He is a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama.

Eric Sterling was counsel to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1989 and participated in the passage of the mandatory minimum sentencing laws.

United States District Judge, Southern District of New York. In a 1988 case Judge Sweet declared the sentencing guidelines unconstitutional. This ruling was later rejected by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.