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A mid-holiday weekend round-up of various sentencing opinions
I am taking much of the holiday weekend off from blogging (which may make many thankful). And that provides an excuse to keep up a bit by rounding-up here some…
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You be the political operative: should Donald Trump lean into his sentencing reform record?
The New York Times has this notable new piece, headlined "Pardon Recipients Seek to Sell Trump on His Own Sentencing Law," which prompts the question in the title of this…
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Detailing yet another challenging detail of earned time credits under the FIRST STEP Act
Walter Pavlo has another effective article in Forbes providing another review of yet another accounting challenge in calculating earned time credits under the FIRST STEP Act. This piece is headlined…
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A couple of early celebrations as FIRST STEP Act approaches its fifth anniversary
Though we are still a few months from reaching a full five years since the enactment of the FIRST STEP Act, this past week I have seen this pair of…
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Rounding up some accounts of lengthy SCOTUS oral argument in <em>Pulsifer</em> safety valve case
Regular readers know I have been talking up SCOTUS's first case for oral argument this Term, Pulsifer v. United States, a statutory interpretation case dealing with a (too) complicated sentencing…
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Reviewing the big little and/or case, <em>Pulsifer v. US</em>, that will kick off the new Supreme Court Term
I am excited that the US Supreme Court starts hearing cases this coming Monday to kick off October Term 2023, and I am especially excited that its first case for…
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Making the case for expanded use of home confinement for older federal prisoners
Hugh Hurwitz, who served as Acting Director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, has this new commentary in The Hill headlined "Moving elderly prisoners home saves taxpayer dollars without sacrificing safety."…
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Rounding up some recent reads on the politics of crime and punishment before second GOP debate
Tonight brings the second official GOP Prez candidate debate for the 2024 election, and perhaps because this debate is in California we might hear a little more discussion of crime…
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Notable debate among Sixth Circuit judges as court turns down <em>en banc</em> review of “resentencing retroactivity” after FIRST STEP Act
Hard-core sentencing fans may want to check out the opinions authored by a trio of Sixth Circuit judges concurring and dissenting from the denial of en banc review US v.…
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Effective coverage of particulars of First Step Act and guideline amendment implementation
I have frequently flagged Walter Pavlo's work at Forbes because he always effectively covers lots of the important nitty-gritty in the implementation of various federal sentencing and corrections rules and…