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Retroactivity
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Fourth Circuit rules guidelines limit reduction for crack retroactivity
Main January 6, 2009Fourth Circuit rules guidelines limit reduction for crack retroactivityRuling in accord with a recent Tenth Circuit ruling concerning Booker's inapplicability to crack retroactivity proceedings (blogged here), the…
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A must-read for those doing habeas work or just deep fed courts thinking
Main December 19, 2008A must-read for those doing habeas work or just deep fed courts thinkingA new forthcoming article now appearing here via SSRN is a must-read for any and…
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Tenth Circuit findBookernot applicable in crack retroactivity proceedings
Main December 10, 2008Tenth Circuit find Booker not applicable in crack retroactivity proceedingsA helpful reader reminded me today that I still haven't blogged about an important Tenth Circuit ruling concerning…
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Split Ohio Supreme Court upholds retroactive application of sex offender regulations
Main October 1, 2008Split Ohio Supreme Court upholds retroactive application of sex offender regulationsAs detailed in this official press release, the "Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that applying 2003…
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Federal judge finds constitutional problems with new Nevada sex offender laws
Main September 11, 2008Federal judge finds constitutional problems with new Nevada sex offender lawsAs detailed in this AP report and this ACLU of Nevada press release, a federal judge in…
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Great press coverage of crack retroactivity at one month
Main April 3, 2008Great press coverage of crack retroactivity at one monthRichard Schmitt has this effective piece in today's Los Angeles Times documenting that, a month after the new federal…
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This morning’s crack sentencing coverage
Main March 6, 2008This morning's crack sentencing coverageAnother day and another set of newspaper articles and commentaries on crack retroactivity. Here's a sample:From Chicago Tribune here, "Crack cocaine prison terms…
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Some of the newspaper coverage of now effective crack retroactivity
Main March 4, 2008Some of the newspaper coverage of now effective crack retroactivityThough the USSC's official website still doesn't have any official notice that its new crack guidelines are now…
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Q&A on crack retroactivity
Main March 1, 2008Q&A on crack retroactivityUS News and World Report has this new piece, headlined "The Impact of Releasing Crack Offenders," that includes a Q&A with Judge Reggie Walton.…
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Notable commentary onDanforth
Main February 25, 2008Notable commentary on DanforthMichael Dorf has this new FrindLaw essay titled "Did Justice Stevens Pull a Fast One? The Hidden Logic of a Recent Retroactivity Case in…