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Recidivism
609 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting new report on 3-strikes in California
Main October 20, 2005Interesting new report on 3-strikes in California A new report on California's three-strikes law, entitled "A Primer: Three Strikes — The Impact After More Than a Decade,"…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fascinating new paper on community supervision from Vera Institute
Main October 5, 2005Fascinating new paper on community supervision from Vera InstituteThe Vera Institute of Justice has produced a fascinating new paper exploring the important question, "Can community supervision compete…
Sentencing Law and Policy
USA Todayoverview of sex offender realities
Main August 25, 2005USA Today overview of sex offender realitiesUSA Today has this long article discussing important sex offender realities in the midst of the national on-going sex offender panic.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Judge Lay advocating drug courts again
Main August 23, 2005Judge Lay advocating drug courts againAs detailed in this post, last month Judge Donald Lay of the Eighth Circuit, in an otherwise ordinary drug case, added a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Potent sentencing questions in the First State
Main August 21, 2005Potent sentencing questions in the First StateThomas Eichler, who recently authored this potent report on race and incarceration in Delaware (detailed here), has followed up that effort…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fourth Circuit provides spirited defense of the prior conviction exception
Main July 19, 2005Fourth Circuit provides spirited defense of the prior conviction exceptionToday in US v. Cheek, No. 04-4445 (6th Cir. July 19, 2005) (available here), the Fourth Circuit provided…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New York’s highest court upholds state’s felony offender law!
Main June 9, 2005New York's highest court upholds state's felony offender law!In a major state Blakely ruling — which addresses in a slightly different procedural posture the issues considered last…
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The intersection of sex offenses and juvenile offenders
Main March 30, 2005The intersection of sex offenses and juvenile offendersThanks to TalkLeft's post here, I see this interesting abc-news article about a young man who committed a sex offense…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SummarizingShepard(and seeking state insights)
Main March 7, 2005Summarizing Shepard (and seeking state insights)The Supreme Court's opaque work today in Shepard v. US (basics here) is hard to fully comprehend (consider this comment). Consequently, let…
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O’Connor’sApprendilaments in herSheparddissent
Main March 7, 2005O'Connor's Apprendi laments in her Shepard dissentIn trying to make sense of today's Shepard ruling (basics here) for our post-Blakely world, I have covered Justice Thomas's concurrence…