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What If I Get a DWI During COVID-19?
Though the courts remain closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, cops are still arresting people for crimes. That includes drunk driving and DWIs. We understand that the pandemic is a particularly stressful time with everything […]
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Federal prison population, due seemingly to COVID responses, hits another modern low (which is still very high)
Every Thursday morning, one can see at this webpage an official refreshed count of the total number of federal inmates as calculated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. That page also has a chart and data on the total number of federal inmates for each fiscal year going back to 1980. A quick look at these data show that in FY 2013 the federal prison population hit a modern high of 219,298.
But this morning,…
A few more COVID-influenced grants of sentence reductions using § 3582(c)(1)(A)
As highlighted via posts here and here, there is a growing number of federal court decisions granting sentence reductions using § 3582(c)(1)(A) because of the “extraordinary and compelling” public health crisis created by COVID-19. But, as the as the number of requests for sentence reductions using § 3582(c)(1)(A) are growing, so to are rejections or deferrals of these motions (many of which are now based on the procedural issue flagged in this post). …
Highlighting Cook County jail as biggest US hot spot as coronavirus continues to impact incarceration nation
The New York Times has this new piece on the impact of COVID on incarcerated populations, and the full headline covers the essentials: “Chicago’s Jail Is Top U.S. Hot Spot as Virus Spreads Behind Bars: At least 1,324 confirmed coronavirus cases are tied to prisons and jails across the United States, according to data tracked by The Times, including at least 32 deaths.” Here are excerpts:
It started small. On March 23, two inmates in…
SEC Chief Accountant Weighs in on Accounting Issues During the COVID-19 Outbreak
On April 3, 2020, the SEC’s Chief Accountant, Sagar Teotia, issued a Statement on the Importance of High-Quality Financial Reporting in Light of the Significant Impacts of COVID-19 (the “OCA Statement”). The OCA Statement emphasizes that while the SEC Office of the Chief Accountant (“OCA”) appreciates the challenging environment that companies and their auditors face in attempting to comply with their financial reporting obligations due to COVID-19[1], and will not second-guess their reasonable…
Can Bernie Win By Losing?
Bernie Sanders is out, which doesn’t come as a surprise given that his campaign was doomed to fail except for Bernie’s refusal to accept the notion that he will never be more than a footnote in a socialist history book. Yet, in the minds of his followers, this miraculously gives him greater power than he ever had as a candidate, and they are now flexing their might to make the presumptive Dem candidate, Joe Biden,…
"The Misplaced Trust in the DOJ's Expertise on Criminal Justice Policy"
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Shon Hopwood now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:
In this Review of Professor Rachel Barkow’s new book, Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration, I address Professor Barkow’s point about law enforcement resisting criminal justice reforms. I place particular emphasis on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) and the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys’ (NAAUSA) opposition…
Defendant’s post-conviction petition properly denied when he sought new counsel on the day of trial
The appellant in People v. White, 2019 IL App (4th) 160793, appealed the trial court’s order dismissing his pro se post-conviction petition, which alleged that trial counsel was ineffective and the trial court violated his right to be represented by counsel of his choice. Ultimately, the Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth District granted a motion filed by the OSAD to withdraw and affirmed the trial court’s judgment.
Ronald White was originally charged and convicted…