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Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission releases data revealing COVID's impact on federal sentencings
Regular readers know I have been complaining for many months about the general failure of the US Sentencing Commission to address or release data concerning the COVID state of federal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Framing Individualized Sentencing for Politics and the Constitution"
The title of this post is the title of this timely new paper now available via SSRN authored by Meghan Ryan. Here is its abstract: For decades, there was not…
Criminal
“Framing Individualized Sentencing for Politics and the Constitution”
The title of this post is the title of this timely new paper now available via SSRN authored by Meghan Ryan. Here is its abstract:For decades, there was not much…
Illinois Supreme Court Review
Can You Predict a Split Decision in Criminal Cases at the Illinois Supreme Court After Oral Argument?
By Kirk Jenkins
Yesterday, we disaggregated the data on oral arguments in civil cases where there is a partial or complete reversal. Today, we’re looking at the criminal cases. First, we review the…
Criminal
Notable ideas and efforts to take on the trial penalty
A helpful reader made sure I did not miss these two recent interesting items related to the pernicious realities of the trial penalty:Commentary from Shon Hopwood and Brett Tolman, "Amy…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission releases its latest updated "First Step Act of 2018 Resentencing Provisions Retroactivity Data Report"
I just noticed that the US Sentencing Commission today released this updated new version of its data report titled "First Step Act of 2018 Resentencing Provisions Retroactivity Data Report." The…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable SCOTUS Fourth Amendment activity, but nothing for sentencing fans
I flagged in this post from June my sense that the Supreme Court has become particularly (and problematically) quiet on sentencing matters. This feeling continues with this morning's new SCOTUS…
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Notable SCOTUS Fourth Amendment activity, but nothing for sentencing fans
I flagged in this post from June my sense that the Supreme Court has become particularly (and problematically) quiet on sentencing matters. This feeling continues with this morning's new SCOTUS…
PrawfsBlawg
Prawfs’ moment in the sun
Main Friday, October 16, 2020Prawfs' moment in the sunOne drawback to paying zero attention to the Barrett confirmation hearings: I missed that Barrett did a guest stint here in March…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another notable cert petition providing the new Justices (and older ones) another chance to look at reasonableness review of federal sentences
In this post a few years ago, I flagged an interesting cert petition while asking in my post title "Now a full decade after Rita, Gall and Kimbrough, do any…