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Sentencing
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Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS continues to show very little interest in very many criminal justice issues
It is surely a sign of my own self-involvement that I now consistently find myself, upon opening a new Supreme Court order list, grousing about the fact that the Justices…
Criminal
Minnesota judge, finding mitigating circumstances, imposes below-guideline sentence of 2 years on former officer Kim Potter convicted of manslaughter for killing Daunte Wright
As reported in this AP piece, "Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, was…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Deepening circuit split, First Circuit embraces broad view of sentence reduction authority under 3582(c)(1)(A)
I have not consistently blogged about every circuit ruling concerning the nature and scope of authority that district judges now have to reduced sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) after…
Criminal
US Sentencing Commission releases big new report on “Recidivism of Federal Violent Offenders Released in 2010”
As I keep noting in recent years, it is has been great to see the US Sentencing Commission continuing to produce a lot of useful data reports even as its…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Conditional discharge denied to repeat offender who twice attacked women
Appellant failed to prove that convictions would prevent admission to Alberta law society
Simple Justice
Mother Of The Prosecution
The assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice is Kristen Clarke. Her bona fides as a warrior for racial justice, whatever that…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal judge rejects binding sentencing federal plea deal for men who killed Ahmaud Arbery
As reported in this new AP piece, a "federal judge rejected a plea agreement Monday that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the man convicted of murdering Ahmaud…
On Point
SCOW holds sentencing judge didn’t rely on gun ownership in sentencing
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
State v. Octavia W. Dodson, 2022 WI 5, 2018AP1476, 1/26/22, affirming an unpublished per curiam court of appeals decision; case activity (including briefs) Dodson pleaded guilty to second-degree homicide. He’d…
Other
Joe Exotic gets 21 years (only a year off prior sentence) at resentencing
It feel like it has been a very long time since everyone was talking about Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin, even though NetFlix released "Tiger King 2" only a few…
Other
“Private Prison Companies and Sentencing”
The title of this post is the title of this paper recently posted to SSRN and authored by Amy Pratt, a recent graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of…