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sentence reform
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Wisblawg
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Analysis of Fed Circ Opinions, Patent Experts, Second Look Sentencing, Milk Markets, & Surveillance Procurement
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series via SSRN.SSRN is discontinuing its research paper series platform this year. Sign…
The State of Justice Blog
National Advocacy Group FAMM Offering Content on Alabama Prison Tablets
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher In the coming weeks incarcerated people in Alabama will be able to access valuable information on their electronic tablets from a national nonprofit that advocates…
A Lawyer Writes
Suspending judgement
New sentencing laws take effect next week. Judges and magistrates in England and Wales will be able to suspend sentences of up to three years. And courts will have to…
Legal Research and Analysis
A life sentence is modified to 20
A life sentence is modified to 20 years imprisonment in a 2015 rape and murder case: Delhi High Court Author (s) SK MD TAUHID Table of Contents source – Live…
Undergraduate Laws Blog
The Sentencing Bill 2025: Fixing a Broken System or Repackaging Old Problems?
This post was contributed by Dr Laura Lammasniemi, Module Convenor for Criminal law. What is punishment for? That deceptively simple question sits at the heart ofContinue reading
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
Kara Gotsch of The Sentencing Project: Second Chances, the Truth About Mass Incarceration, and Threats to Criminal Justice & Sentencing Reform
Criminal
“From Sickness to Cure: Obeying 28 U.S.C. § 994(g)’s Mandates as a Remedy to Bureau of Prison Overpopulation”
The title of this post is the title of this new article now on SSRN authored by Max Wolson, Benjamin Flick and Adeel Bashir. Here is its abstract:This article explains…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sentencing Project releases updated report on "The Second Look Movement"
I was pleased to learn via an email that The Sentencing Project has updated its report from last year (noted here) on second look sentencing developments. This new 44-page report…
Criminal
Sentencing Project releases updated report on “The Second Look Movement”
I was pleased to learn via an email that The Sentencing Project has updated its report from last year (noted here) on second look sentencing developments. This new 44-page report…
Criminal
Discussions of UK sentencing reforms include fewer jail terms and more community restrictions
As reported in this BBC piece, headlined "Pub and travel bans proposed under sentencing rule changes," some notable reforms spurred by prison overcrowding are emerging across the pond. Here are…