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Sentencing Law and Policy
Rounding up some sentencing and punishment stories in an exhausting week that was
A horrible series of mass shootings and the release of awful videos defined the criminal justice week that was. But there were also a bunch of sentencing and punishment stories…
Criminal
Rounding up some sentencing and punishment stories in an exhausting week that was
A horrible series of mass shootings and the release of awful videos defined the criminal justice week that was. But there were also a bunch of sentencing and punishment stories…
Criminal
New year and new Congress brings a new effort to advance new EQUAL Act
Regular readers likely recall some of my posts over the last two years about the EQUAL Act, a bill to reform federal crack cocaine sentencing by finally treating crack and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Supreme Court resists latest cases seeking review of acquitted conduct sentencing
Regular readers surely recall some prior posts about the McClinton case before the US Supreme Court raising issues about the use of acquitted conduct at sentencing. As detailed before (and…
Criminal
US Supreme Court relists latest cases seeking review of acquitted conduct sentencing
Regular readers surely recall some prior posts about the McClinton case before the US Supreme Court raising issues about the use of acquitted conduct at sentencing. As detailed before (and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Just a couple of criminal matters in bit new set of SCOTUS cert grants
The Supreme Court this afternoon granted cert on a number of cases via this order list. Sadly, there is not much of interest in all the cases for sentencing fans,…
Criminal
Just a couple of criminal matters in big new set of SCOTUS cert grants
The Supreme Court this afternoon granted cert on a number of cases via this order list. Sadly, there is not much of interest in all the cases for sentencing fans,…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Supreme Court: Multiple Third-Degree Murder Convictions at the Same Time Require Life Without Parole
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Coleman, holding that a criminal defendant who kills three people during the…
Criminal
Reviewing prosecutions and sentencings two years after January 6 Capitol riots
A number of major papers today provide some major reviews of the prosecution and sentencing of January 6 rioters on the two-year anniversary of the storming of the Capitol. Here…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Quite a remarkable account of one January 6 rioter's sentencing story
The Washington Post has this very lengthy piece telling a remarkable story about the life and history of one of the January 6 rioters and where his sentencing fit in. …