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Sentencing Law and Policy
US House passes broad rewrite of the federal definition of “crime of violence” without any hearings
Main September 7, 2018US House passes broad rewrite of the federal definition of "crime of violence" without any hearings While a number of seemingly popular federal sentencing reform bills and…
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You be the federal judge: what sentence for George Papadopoulos after guilty plea to one count of making false statements?
Main September 7, 2018You be the federal judge: what sentence for George Papadopoulos after guilty plea to one count of making false statements? As reported in this Hill article, headlined…
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“Mitigation is Difficult: A Moral Evaluation of a Mitigation Practice at Sentencing”
Main September 7, 2018"Mitigation is Difficult: A Moral Evaluation of a Mitigation Practice at Sentencing"The title of this post is the title of this interesting-looking new paper just posted to…
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The (complicated) Florida constitutional ballot initiative, Amendment 11, seeking to allow retroactive sentencing changes
Main September 6, 2018The (complicated) Florida constitutional ballot initiative, Amendment 11, seeking to allow retroactive sentencing changesMy twitter feed lately has included links to "Yes on 11," which is a…
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“Nikolas Cruz’s birth mom had a violent, criminal past. Could it help keep him off Death Row?”
Main September 6, 2018"Nikolas Cruz’s birth mom had a violent, criminal past. Could it help keep him off Death Row?"The title of this post is the title of this very…
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Can Kimme bring “REAL systemic change” to the clemency process? She is with all the right folks at the White House.
Main September 5, 2018Can Kimme bring "REAL systemic change" to the clemency process? She is with all the right folks at the White House.After Kim Kardashian West talked Prez Donald…
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“Decarceration Strategies: How 5 States Achieved Substantial Prison Population Reductions”
Main September 5, 2018"Decarceration Strategies: How 5 States Achieved Substantial Prison Population Reductions"The title of this post is the title of this new 50-page report by The Sentencing Project. Here…
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Federal district court finds Louisiana LWOP sentence for low-level recidivist unconstitutionally excessive under Eighth Amendment (and local DA will not appeal to Fifth Circuit)
Main September 4, 2018Federal district court finds Louisiana LWOP sentence for low-level recidivist unconstitutionally excessive under Eighth Amendment (and local DA will not appeal to Fifth Circuit)A helpful reader made…
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Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling completes his time in federal prison
Main September 4, 2018Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling completes his time in federal prisonThe name Jeff Skilling still stirs up a lot of sentencing thoughts for me because, 15 years…
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Noticing latest USSC data on retroactive impact of “drugs -2” guideline amendment
Main September 3, 2018Noticing latest USSC data on retroactive impact of "drugs -2" guideline amendment Just before the long weekend, I saw that the US Sentencing Commission's website has this…