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Sentencing
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Criminal
SCOTUS affirms juve LWOP sentence, 6-3, in <em>Jones v Mississippi</em>
I am on the road today, and so I am not that surprised the Supreme Court has handed down the big sentencing opinion I have been awaiting all Term. I…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Derek Chauvin found guilty on all three homicide charges in killing of George Floyd, now on to sentencing phase with <em>Blakely</em> factors
The high-profile trial of Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd resulted in a jury verdict this afternoon in a Minnesota court with guilt verdict on all three homicice charges of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Ravid on Judging By the Cover: On the Relationship Between Media Coverage on Crime and Harshness in Sentencing @ItayRavid @Villanova_Law
Itay Ravid, Villanova University School of Law; Stanford University School of Law, has published Judging by the Cover: On the Relationship Between Media Coverage on Crime and Harshness in Sentencing…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Can a Judge Use a Defendant’s Outbursts in Court to Increase his Sentence? State of Ohio v. Manson M. Bryant
“How can a court really determine whether someone is remorseful?” Justice Stewart, to the Assistant Public Defender “Where in the statute does it say the judge can consider courtroom behavior…
Criminal
DEPC-hosted symposium, “Prioritizing Science Over Fear: An Interdisciplinary Response to Fentanyl Analogues,” now available online
As detailed in this press release, a coalition of over drug policy, civil rights, criminal justice and public health organizations are urging Congress and the Biden Administration to allow temporary…
Government and Public Policy
Might new “Commission on the Supreme Court” perhaps consider recommending creating a sentencing supreme court?
The question in the title of this post is my sentencing-addled reaction to this news today from the White House: "President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission…
Criminal
Noticing federal prison flow from “Federal Justice Statistics, 2017-2018”
I often blog about the "stock" of federal prisoners (examples here and here and here), aided by the weekly reporting on the number of federal inmates by the Federal Bureau…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview: Can a Judge Use a Defendant’s Outbursts in Court to Increase his Sentence? State of Ohio v. Manson M. Bryant
Update: Read an analysis of the argument here. On April 14, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Manson M. Bryant, 2020-0599.…
Criminal
“Who Controls Criminal Law? Racial Threat and the Adoption of State Sentencing Law, 1975 to 2012”
The title of this post is the title of this interesting article published in the American Sociological Review earlier this year that I just came across. This research was authored…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Who Controls Criminal Law? Racial Threat and the Adoption of State Sentencing Law, 1975 to 2012"
The title of this post is the title of this interesting article published in the American Sociological Review earlier this year that I just came across. This research was authored…