The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Sheldon Evans now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:
The modern criminal punishment regime has failed to deliver on its promise of public safety. For
The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Sheldon Evans now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:
The modern criminal punishment regime has failed to deliver on its promise of public safety. For…
This afternoon, the US Sentencing Commission sent out an email that flagged a bunch of notable new materials on the USSC’s website. Data fans will be especially interested in a lot of these new items, which I link below. But…
This recent Bloomberg Law piece, headlined “Debevoise, DOJ Sentencing Reform Clash Could Hit Supreme Court,” details how the Justice Department’s legal opposition to one part of the US Sentencing Commission’s new sentence reduction guideline, Section 1B1.13, could be laying…
Most people do not realize it, but there are many juvenile adjudications which make it a crime for an adult to possess or attempt to purchase a gun. Pennsylvania law makes it a third degree felony to knowingly and intentionally make…
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In today’s digital age, where smartphones and cameras are common, capturing moments through videos or photos has become second nature. However, it’s important to be aware of copyright laws, especially when recording inside theatres during live performances. Federal Decree-Law…
Our last two posts in this series discussed how a Red Notice can have a residual effect on an individual. Those posts detailed the effects on a person’s financial abilities and lasting inaccurate data within a government’s databases. Today’s post…
I’m not a collections lawyer, and I don’t play one on TV, but I’ve known enough of them to be acutely aware of the complexity and problems of getting the money awarded by the jury. Large damage awards are often…
Though we are still a few days from the high-profile sentencing of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, I have already seen some lengthy press pieces discussing the sentencing filings and speculating about how US District Judge Lewis Kaplan with weigh…
There has been a constant drone that what Israel is doing in Gaza is “over the top,” and Israel must do something else. But what? No one has an answer. At the New York Times, David Brooks sought to provide…
The title of this post is the title of this new article now available via SSRN and authored by Megan S. Wright, Cindy Cain and Shima Baradaran Baughman. Here is its abstract:
Despite the significant impact of prosecutorial discretion on…