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First Step Act
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Criminal
Can and will GOP leaders persistently attack both federal criminal justice and federal criminal justice reform?
Two new headlines this morning focused on two different aspects of federal criminal justice and the activities of former Prez Donald Trump prompt the question in the title of this…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Top-side SCOTUS briefs in <em>Pulsifer</em> address FIRST STEP Act's expansion of statutory safety valve
Though we still await opinions in a number of criminal justice cases this SCOTUS Term (which all should be decided in the next few weeks, some details here), I am…
Other
Top-side SCOTUS briefs in <em>Pulsifer</em> address FIRST STEP Act’s expansion of statutory safety valve
Though we still await opinions in a number of criminal justice cases this SCOTUS Term (which all should be decided in the next few weeks, some details here), I am…
Criminal
New GOP Prez candidate DeSantis pledges to repeal FIRST STEP Act
I noted in this post a few month ago a press report that Florida Gov Ron DeSantis was planning to assail former Prez Trump for his support of the FIRST…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New GOP Prez candidate DeSantis pledges to repeal FIRST STEP Act
I noted in this post a few month ago a press report that Florida Gov Ron DeSantis was planning to assail former Prez Trump for his support of the FIRST…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Justice Department releases latest annual report on FIRST STEP Act implementation
The US Department of Justice recently released this notable report titled simply "First Step Act Annual Report, April 2023." Here is the 50+-page report's simple introduction: The First Step Act…
Criminal
Justice Department releases latest annual report on FIRST STEP Act implementation
The US Department of Justice recently released this notable report titled simply "First Step Act Annual Report, April 2023." Here is the 50+-page report's simple introduction:The First Step Act of…
Other
Senators Durbin and Grassley introduce again set of FIRST STEP follow-up bills
For a wide variety of reasons, I am not at all hopeful that any form of federal sentencing reform will be enacted in the current Congress. But I was still…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Senators Durbin and Grassley introduce again set of FIRST STEP follow-up bills
For a wide variety of reasons, I am not at all hopeful that any form of federal sentencing reform will be enacted in the current Congress. But I was still…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable new <em>Roll Call</em> review of congressional views of US Sentencing Commission's debate over sentence reductions
Roll Call has this notable new piece discussing the debate over the new federal sentencing guidelines for sentence reduction motions. The article mostly discusses the politics surrounding reform rather than…