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SCOTUS releases first big order list of October Term 2021 … with little of particular sentencing note
It is the first Monday in October, which means SCOTUS gets its first big day of the new Term started with this big order list full of a whole lot…
On Point
Is State v. Machner unconstitutional? Part 2
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
We have a new development to report. Recall that in 2015, Federal Defender Shelley Fite wrote an excellent guest post about a 7th Circuit decision, Pidgeon v. Smith, 785 F.3d…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS starts new term with four new cert grants, one involving the sentencing process for retroactive crack case resentencing
I was pleased to see that the Justices decided to give us a taste of the start of the new SCOTUS Term by issuing this morning this one-page order list…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission releases big new report on "Recidivism of Federal Offenders Released in 2010"
As I have said repeatedly over the last three years, it is has been great to see that the US Sentencing Commission can continue to do a lot of needed…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Getting a Criminal Charge Downgraded in NJ
New Jersey’s criminal code classifies crimes by degrees and divides all crimes into indictable offenses, disorderly persons offenses, or petty disorderly persons offenses. The crime degree corresponds to the severity…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some notable sentencing issues on SCOTUSblog's "Petitions to Watch" from long conference
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court had its "long conference" to consider the thousands of cert petitions that were fully briefed over the summer recess. SCOTUSblog has a long list of…
Criminal
Some notable sentencing issues on SCOTUSblog’s “Petitions to Watch” from long conference
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court had its "long conference" to consider the thousands of cert petitions that were fully briefed over the summer recess. SCOTUSblog has a long list of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NJ Supreme Court holds, as a matter of state constitutional law, that "fundamental fairness" precludes sentence enhancement based on acquitted conduct
A helpful reader made sure I did not miss this notable unanimous opinion by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in State v. Melvin, NO A-44-19 (N.J. Sept. 23, 2021)…
Criminal
“Understanding Drug Sentencing” conference feature keynote with former AG Eric Holder and Piper Kerman
After pandemic delays in the hope we could do an in-person event, I am a bit sad that a conference organized by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center and the…
Criminal
Two notable new <em>Forbes</em> pieces on the state of federal sentencing and clemency practices
Though both piece merit their own posts, a busy time means I have to combine my coverage of two recent Forbes piece that are worth full reads. I will be…