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Trellis.Law Blog
You Be the Judge: Sentencing, Community Outrage, and Calls for Dismissal
By Anka Mason
Today’s focus is on Marion County Superior Court Judge Mark D. Stoner. This week, calls for his immediate resignation have grown louder following his sentencing decision involving the convicted killer…
Health Law Prof Blog
Disability Accommodations at Sentencing to Divert Persons with Mental Illness Away from Prison
Benjamin A. Barsky (Harvard University), Harold J. Bursztajn (Harvard Medical School), Michael Ashley Stein (Harvard Law School), Disability Accommodations at Sentencing to Divert Persons with Mental Illness Away from Prison,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"State Sentencing Reforms Had Little Impact on Racial Disparities in Imprisonment, Analysis Finds"
The title of this post is the the title of this new press release from the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) discussing the latest findings of research it has been…
Trellis.Law Blog
You Be the Judge: The Involuntary Manslaughter Sentence that Rocked the Internet
One of the judge biographies receiving an incredible amount of attention on Trellis is that of the Honorable Judge David R. Worley. The Ventura County Superior Court judge took the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Various takes on how much time Sam Bankman-Fried will likely serve on his 25-year federal prison sentence
The federal sentencing of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for his frauds last Thursday has already generated a lot of discussion in blog comments, in various…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Context Is Everything In Justices' Sentencing Relief Decision"
The title of this post is the title of this new Law360 commentary that I authored regarding the Supreme Court's work in its recent Pulsifer ruling. Here is how the…
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“Shocking Sentences”
The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by John B. Meixner Jr. now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:Harsh recidivist sentencing penalties, like…
Sentencing Law and Policy
End-of-month round up of all sorts of stories and commentaries
March madness has been something of a work reality for me with all sorts of events and travel keeping me from fully keeping up with all the sentencing and criminal…
Criminal
End-of-month round up of all sorts of stories and commentaries
March madness has been something of a work reality for me with all sorts of events and travel keeping me from fully keeping up with all the sentencing and criminal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Supreme Court seems inclined to limit, but not eliminate, <em>Apprendi</em>'s prior-conviction exception
As previewed in this post, the Supreme Court this morning heard oral argument in Erlinger v. United States, No. 23-370, to consider whether the Sixth Amendment requires a jury to find (or a…