As reported in this Wall Street Journal piece, “FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for fraud tied to the collapse of his digital exchange, capping his meteoric rise and fall.” Here is more:
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Supreme Court seems inclined to limit, but not eliminate, <em>Apprendi</em>'s prior-conviction exception
As previewed in this post, the Supreme Court this morning heard oral argument in Erlinger v. United States, No. 23-370, to consider whether the Sixth Amendment requires a jury to find (or a defendant to admit) that prior offenses were…
Lots of perspectives at <em>Vital City</em> around criminal justice research
This new issue of the journal Vital City has a large collection of essays engaging with the rich topic of criminal justice research and practice. There are too many intriguing pieces to flag or summarize them all here, but this…
"Between Cooperation and Conflict in Second Look Sentence Review"
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Kay Levine and Ronald Wright now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:
In this article, we offer the first scholarly assessment of a new…
Texas justice?: how should deal cut by special prosecutors to end felony charges against Texas AG be described?
I have not followed closely any of the legal cases and dramas surrounding Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but the news of a deal to end long-running state criminal charges against him caught my eye in part because I am…
Might Justice Thomas advocate for entirely eliminating the <em>Apprendi</em>'s prior-conviction exception in <em>Erlinger</em>?
Though lots of other cases are, understandably, getting lots more attention this Term, I am still quite excited that the Supreme Court will hear tomorrow a notable (and big?) case about Apprendi rights in Erlinger v. United States, No.…
Call for Papers: <em>Federal Sentencing Reporter</em> issue on "<em>Booker</em> at 20"
"Punishment as Placebo"
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…
US Sentencing Commissions publishes 2033 Annual Report and new retroactivity data on 2023 criminal history amendments
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…
Noting the notable new tune from the US Justice Department concerning part of the new guideline, Section 1B1.13, for sentence reductions
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…