Topic
Retroactivity
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Sentencing Law and Policy
The crack retroactivity story in my backyard
Main February 24, 2008The crack retroactivity story in my backyardAnother story about the implementation of the new federal crack guidelines can be found this morning in my home-town Columbus Dispatch.…
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More coverage of crack retroactivity realities
Main February 22, 2008More coverage of crack retroactivity realitiesThe Friday papers bring these two notable stories about the new retroactive crack guidelines. From the Washingont Post here, "Crack Offenders Set…
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How crack retroactivity is being applied in Massachusetts
Main February 21, 2008How crack retroactivity is being applied in MassachusettsThis morning's Boston Globe has this new story, headlined "US shift may free up to 30 inmates: Judges here trim…
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Ohio Supreme Court narrows state’s sex offender residency restriction
Main February 20, 2008Ohio Supreme Court narrows state's sex offender residency restrictionAs detailed in this official press release, the "Supreme Court of Ohio held today that, because a 2003 state…
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SCOTUS embraces criminal justice federalism inDanforth
Main February 20, 2008SCOTUS embraces criminal justice federalism in DanforthThe big criminal justice opinion from SCOTUS today is in Danforth, which Lyle Denniston effectively summarizes in this post. Here are…
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One federal district trying a single judge approach to crack retroactivity
Main February 19, 2008One federal district trying a single judge approach to crack retroactivityThis new article in the Kansas City Star, headlined "Sentence corrections possible in crack cocaine cases," reveals…
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Federal Defenders memo about DOJ position on crack retroactivity
Main February 8, 2008Federal Defenders memo about DOJ position on crack retroactivityI just got a copy of an interesting little memo from the Sentencing Resource Counsel of the Federal Public…
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Notable new defender resources on crack retroactivity implementation
Main January 28, 2008Notable new defender resources on crack retroactivity implementationOver at the Crack Cocaine Guideline Amendment resource page of the Office of Defender Services website I just saw a…
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AG Mukasey talking (seriously?) about pushing legislation to undo crack retroactivity
Main January 26, 2008AG Mukasey talking (seriously?) about pushing legislation to undo crack retroactivityThe end of this New York Times article provides more details on Attorney General Michael Mukasey's position…
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Seeking reports from the “crack amendment retroactivity summit”
Main January 22, 2008Seeking reports from the "crack amendment retroactivity summit"I mentioned in this post that I had heard reports of USSC involvement in seminars intended to help lawyers better…