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Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal judge gives "real break" due to defendant's autism with home confinement sentence (when prosecutors urged nearly 5 years)
I have not been following closely or blogging about some of the latest sentencing of the January 6 rioters. But this latest story from Politico, headlined "Jan. 6 rioter gets…
Health Law Prof Blog
Ruan v. United States: An Important Ruling or Merely ‘Sound and Fury’?
Paul J. Larkin (The Heritage Foundation), Ruan v. United States: An Important Ruling or Merely 'Sound and Fury'?, Geo. J. L. & Pub. Plo’y (2022):In Ruan v. United States, the…
Law Times News
Convicted party’s Indigenous background not a consideration in sentencing: Ontario Court of Appeal
Appellant provided fresh evidence of programs taken while in custody; sentence appeal dismissed
Criminal
Another plug for a podcast for all sentencing fans (and especially defense attorneys)
In this post some months ago, I highlighted the great new podcast created by Doug Passon, a defense attorney and documentary filmmaker, called "Set for Sentencing." Doug continues to produce…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another plug for a podcast for all sentencing fans (and especially defense attorneys)
In this post some months ago, I highlighted the great new podcast created by Doug Passon, a defense attorney and documentary filmmaker, called "Set for Sentencing." Doug continues to produce…
Criminal
Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley pleads guilty to all counts with sentencing next year
As reported in this AP piece, a "teenager pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism and first-degree murder in a Michigan school shooting that killed four students and may be called to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Feds urging six months' imprisonment and $200,000 fined for Steve Bannon as punishment following his convictions for criminal contempt of Congress
As detailed in this extended ABC News piece, the "Justice Department is asking a federal judge to sentence Steve Bannon, adviser to former President Donald Trump, to six months in…
Criminal
Feds urging six months’ imprisonment and $200,000 fined for Steve Bannon as punishment following his convictions for criminal contempt of Congress
As detailed in this extended ABC News piece, the "Justice Department is asking a federal judge to sentence Steve Bannon, adviser to former President Donald Trump, to six months in…
Criminal
Half dozen GVRs provide only “excitement” for CJ fans in latest SCOTUS order list
Regular readers now know I am making a regular habit (see here) of complaining about the relative lack of interesting criminal matters on the Supreme Court's docket this Term. That…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Alberta Court of Appeal rejects ‘corrected sentence’ from concurrent to consecutive
Lack of jurisdiction after imposing sentences prevented an amendments