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Sentencing
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Criminal
Facing guidelines recommending decades in prison, former Senator Menendez requests “sentence that relies heavily on alternatives to incarceration”
As reported in this New York Times piece, weeks "before Robert Menendez, New Jersey’s disgraced former U.S. senator, is scheduled to be sentenced for corruption, his lawyers submitted an emotion-laden…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A short round-up of new stories for a new year
I have recently seen some press pieces with various types of discussion of what might be expected in various areas of law and policy that connect to criminal justice and…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
Third Circuit: Obstruction Enhancement Must Be Supported by Actual Evidence at Sentencing
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently issued a decision in United States v. Soto, vacating the sentence…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission votes on (first?) set of notable "Proposed Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines (Preliminary)"
As previously noted here, the US Sentencing Commission held a public meeting this afternoon which included unanimous votes to "Publish Proposed Guideline Amendments and Issues for Comment." Interestingly, before the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Reduction granted on two bases to remedy extreme stash-house sting sentence
A helpful colleague alerted me to a notable recent sentence reduction ruling/opinion handed down last week in US v. Evans, No. 93-00123-CR (SD Fla. Dec. 10, 2024) (available download below).…
Sentencing Law and Policy
BJS releases "Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected Under the First Step Act, 2024"
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, today released this 25-page report titled "Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected Under the First Step Act, 2024," which is described as "the sixth in a series…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"The Effect of Outside Temperature on Criminal Court Sentencing Decisions"
The title of this post is the title of this new paper now available via SSRN authored by Sally Evans and Peter Siminski. Here is its abstract: Climate change has…
Criminal
“The Effect of Outside Temperature on Criminal Court Sentencing Decisions”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper now available via SSRN authored by Sally Evans and Peter Siminski. Here is its abstract:Climate change has stimulated…
SCOV Law
Five Fables from Friday
Aesop I Ain'tBy Andy DelaneyI can't remember if I already used a title like this, but I probably did and probably already led with some quip about fables being a…
Westendorf & Khalaf Criminal Defense Blog
Jury Sentencing Is Dead, So Why Is Nothing Happening
By Westendorf And Khalaf, PLLC
Why Eliminating Jury Sentencing in Virginia Hasn’t Changed The Game On July 1, 2021, Virginia decided to let its hair down and get...