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Sentencing Law and Policy
Intriguing SCOTUS decision to GVR Fourth Amendment case “to consider the First Step Act of 2018” over DOJ opposition
A number of helpful folks made sure I did not miss the fact that the Supreme Court's order list today started with this disposition of Wheeler v. US: The motion…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is Joe Biden really “one of the most progressive federal lawmakers in terms of criminal justice policy”?
In part because there are so many Democratic candidates, I have not yet been following all too closely the various discussions surrounding various candidates' statements and histories on crime and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split Sixth Circuit panel finds statutory max sentence substantively unreasonable(!) for felon-in-possession with long criminal history
A helpful reader made sure I did not miss the interesting (unpublished!) ruling of a Sixth Circuit panel late last week in US v. Warren, No. 18-3141 (6th Cir. May…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New issue of <em>Crime and Justice</em> covers “American Sentencing — What Happens and Why?”
I just received an email reporting that the latest issue of Crime and Justice is in print, and all sentencing fans will want to get access to this volume. This…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Wondering, after 100 judges confirmed, if Trump judiciary has had much impact on sentencing jurisprudence
This Washington Examiner article, headlined "Senate confirms Trump's 100th judicial nominee," has prompted the wondering in the title of this post. Here is the background: President Trump hit another milestone…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“When in Rome… on Local Norms and Sentencing Decisions”
The title of this post is the title of this interesting new empirical paper now on SSRN authored by David Abrams, Roberto Galbiati, Emeric Henry and Arnaud Philippe. Here is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some effective criminal justice coverage amid Reason’s “Weed Week”
In this new post over at Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform, I have flagged the array of new pieces at Reason in a "Weed Week" series. Though I recommend many of…
Simple Justice
Kopf: The Baseless (and nasty) Complaints Against Judge Ellis
I did not pay much attention to the trial of Mr. Manafort. When the jury came back for the government on eight of eighteen counts, I wasn’t particularly surprised.[i] After…
Grand Jury Target
Concurrent, Consecutive and “Stacked” Sentences: Why One Word Makes a Big Difference at Sentencing
By Sara Kropf
A judge says a lot of things during a sentencing. Two of them are really, really important. First is the number of months in prison. “One hundred twenty” is a…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Manafort Sentences – Federal Courts
By Ellen Podgor
Paul Manafort has now been sentenced by two different judges in two different courts on two different cases. It remains to be seen if we will have a third sentencing…