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Sentencing
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Criminal
Notable players and politics surrounding sentencing of leaker of Prez Trump’s and many others tax records
A notable sentencing of a notable crime is scheduled for Monday morning in DC, and this new Roll Call piece provides links to the sentencing arguments and notes the interesting…
Criminal
US Sentencing Commission creates helpful information webpage on “First Step Act Earned Time Credits”
In addition to being active in advancing large and small guidelines amendments, the great new US Sentencing Commission has been doing a great new job providing helpful information to the…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
A Tale of Two Sentencing Memos
Peter Navarro, former Presidential Advisor to Donald J. Trump, will be sentenced tomorrow in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was found guilty by the…
Criminal
“Heterogeneous Impacts of Sentencing Decisions”
The title of this post is the title of this empirical paper authored by Andrew Jordan, Ezra Karger and Derek Neal now available as a National Bureau of Economic Research…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision bans life without parole sentences for people under age 21
By Noelle Gulick, 3L Northeastern LawOn Thursday January 11, 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) released an important decision stating that life without parole (LWOP) sentences for people under…
Simple Justice
LWOP Held Unconstitutional For “Emerging Adults”
Lest there be any doubt, I’ve long supported the concept of second chances, that even those people convicted of the most heinous and serious offenses be given a second look…
Criminal
Top side SCOTUS brief now files in <em>Erlinger v. US</em>, the case considering <em>Apprendi</em>‘s application to part of ACCA
I still expect the Pulsifer case about the FIRST STEP Act's expansion of the mandatory minimum statutory safety valve (the "and" versus "or") to prove to be the most interesting…
Criminal
“Should a man convicted of murder help set D.C. sentencing guidelines?”
The title of this post is the headline of this new lengthy Washington Post article. Here are excerpts:The D.C. Council is set to decide Tuesday whether a man who spent…
Criminal
“Acquitted But Not Free: How Sentencing Based on Acquitted Conduct Undermines the Jury’s Purpose”
The title of this post is the title of this new student comment authored by Ethan Evans and now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:Acquitted conduct sentencing is a…
Administrative and Regulatory
Chief Justice briefly mentions sentencing in AI discussion in his annual year-end report
The Chief Justice of the United States always closes out a calendar year by releasing a year-end report on the federal judiciary. The 2023 version of this report has an…