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Sentencing Law and Policy
Not much for sentencing fans as SCOTUS starts a new Term and releases first big order list
Law nerds like me always get excited for the return of the Supreme Court on the first Monday in October. But, despite all of the drama and jurisprudential change of…
Criminal
Not much for sentencing fans as SCOTUS starts a new Term and releases first big order list
Law nerds like me always get excited for the return of the Supreme Court on the first Monday in October. But, despite all of the drama and jurisprudential change of…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
New Brunswick Court of Appeal reduces man’s sentence for running over cousin with truck
Cousin set fire to man's property twice; provocation a mitigating factor
Criminal
US organizations file complaint at United Nations stating LWOP and other extreme prison terms “are cruel in violation of the international prohibition on torture”
As reported in this new Guardian piece, headlined "US civil rights groups file complaint against ‘death by incarceration’ to UN," a coalition of organizations today filed a notable broadside against…
Criminal
“Where Black Lives Matter Less: Understanding the Impact of Black Victims on Sentencing Outcomes in Texas Capital Murder Cases from 1973 to 2018”
The title of this post is the title of this recent article published in the Saint Louis University Law Journal authored by Jelani Jefferson Exum and David Niven. Here is…
On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in 12 cases Sept.14 and 15
By Rox Laird
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in 12 cases Sept. 14 and 15. Five other appeals will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Go to On Brief’s…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission releases latest "Compassionate Release Data Report" with detailed data through March 2022
I just noticed that the US Sentencing Commission late last week published this updated compassionate release data report, which includes data on all "motions decided by the courts during fiscal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Noting opaque SCOTUS rulings, split Ninth Circuit panel rejects habeas Eighth Amendment claim against 292-year prison term
Being sentenced to serve in 292 years in prison for a bunch of non-violent offenses certainly seems pretty "cruel." And such an extreme prison term is still somewhat "unusual" in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Irrational Collateral Sanctions"
The title of this post is the title of this new article now available via SSRN and authored by Michael Zuckerman. Here is its abstract: In the modern era, a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo makes still more law as top Maryland court says he must be resentenced in light of <em>Miller</em>
Though Lee Boyd Malvo is now 37 years old and serving a life prison term in Virginia, he was only 17 years old when he (with John Allen Muhammad) killed…