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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…
Zalma on Insurance
Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter – April 15, 2023
By Barry Zalma
ZIFL – Volume 27, Issue 8 The Source For Insurance Fraud Professionals Read the full issue of ZIFL-04-15-2023 See the full video at https://rumble.com/v2i01ci-zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-april-15-2023.html and at https://youtu.be/hZBklODzDy8 Obesity, Diabetes and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Has the US Sentencing Commission now "overruled" circuit decisions saying changes in law cannot provide a basis for 3582(c)(1)(A) sentence reduction?
Perhaps the highest profile amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines promulgated by the US Sentencing Commission yesterday (basics here) concerns the major revision of § 1B1.13 setting terms for a…
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Has the US Sentencing Commission now “overruled” circuit decisions saying changes in law cannot provide a basis for 3582(c)(1)(A) sentence reduction?
Perhaps the highest profile amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines promulgated by the US Sentencing Commission yesterday (basics here) concerns the major revision of § 1B1.13 setting terms for a…
Zalma on Insurance
Fraudster Must Stay in Jail
By Barry Zalma
Obesity, Diabetes, and Covid Not Basis for Compassionate Release See full video at https://rumble.com/v2g26ii-fraudster-must-stay-in-jail.html and at https://youtu.be/HHNM_ctjXa4 The US Congress, feeling sorry for federal prisoners amended the law to create…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Florida Gov DeSantis reportedly gearing up to attack former Prez Trump for his support of FIRST STEP Act
This notable and lengthy new New York Times article, headlined "DeSantis Burnishes Tough-on-Crime Image to Run in ’24 and Take On Trump," reports that Florida's Governor plans to assail former…
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Florida Gov DeSantis reportedly gearing up to attack former Prez Trump for his support of FIRST STEP Act
This notable and lengthy new New York Times article, headlined "DeSantis Burnishes Tough-on-Crime Image to Run in ’24 and Take On Trump," reports that Florida's Governor plans to assail former…
Sentencing Law and Policy
An encouraging(?) account of prospects for modest criminal justice reforms from the current Congress
The Washington Post has this new small piece about happenings inside the Beltway with this big headline "Is there any chance for criminal justice reform bills? Surprisingly, yes." Here is…
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An encouraging(?) account of prospects for modest criminal justice reforms from the current Congress
The Washington Post has this new small piece about happenings inside the Beltway with this big headline "Is there any chance for criminal justice reform bills? Surprisingly, yes." Here is…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Two Concurring Eleventh Circuit Judges Question the Wisdom of a Federal Court of Appeals Issuing “Alternative Holdings” to Support a Decision
In United States v. Files, No. 21-12859 (11th Cir. Mar. 24, 2023) — an appeal of denial of relief to a prisoner under the First Step Act, Pub. L. No.…