Sentencing Law and Policy
Features news, issues, commentary and provides resources related to sentencing law and policy.
Author: Douglas A. Berman, a law professor at The Ohio State University, founded Sentencing Law and Policy. He also one of the primary editors of Law School Innovation and maintains and frequently updates The Golf Blog. He is the co-author of a casebook, Sentencing Law and Policy: Cases, Statutes and Guidelines and is a managing editor of both the Federal Sentencing Reporter and the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law. He also sometimes serves as a consultant to lawyers working on important or interesting sentencing cases.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Sentencing/Post Conviction • Law Professors • The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law • Law Professor • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from Sentencing Law and Policy
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A not-so-clever way to seek a sentencing postponement
This local story from Florida provides an interesting companion to the recent story from Australia on the broader topic of dumb sentencing strategies. Here are the basics: A Vero Beach man accused of making two…
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Notable new California appellate ruling about sex offender registration and trial rights
I just get an e-mail from a friendly readers forwarding me a new California Court of Appeal case which "finds that the residency restrictions in California's sex offender registration law are "punishment" for Apprendi purposes."…
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An amusing tale of failed sentencing fakery from Down Under
Here is a local report from Australia, headlined "Fake engineer produces fake references to get a lighter sentence," about an amusing sentencing proceeding: Timothy McCormack produced four excellent character references to persuade a judge to…
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Through the federal clemency looking glass with Holder
Though I am still ruminating over the selection of Eric Holder for the next Attorney General (as evidenced here and here and here), the latest political buzz over the nomination has me depressed about what…
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"Real offender in this sex case is Georgia law"
The title of this post is the title of this potent new editorial from the Altanta Journal-Constitution. Here is how it starts: In its relentless efforts to expel Wendy Whitaker from her Columbia County home,…
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The legal backstory of Heller
Over at Reason online, one can now find this lengthy article telling the backstory of the case that resulting the the Heller ruling. The article is titled "How the Second Amendment Was Restored: The inside…
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"Ethics dilemma for lawyers when inmates seek death"
The title of this post is the title of this interesting piece from the AP, which discusses at length one of the hardest lawyering issues that surround representation of death-eligible offenders. Here are snippets: About…
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Three late afternoon thoughts on the Holder pick: race, tough and tech
I have so many old and new thoughts about the importance of the next Attorney General and about President-Elect Obama's apparent selection of Eric Holder for that spot. At the end of a long day,…
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More thoughtful thoughts on emotions and the death penalty
Professor Susan Bandes has this new piece up at SSRN, titled "Repellent Crimes and Rational Deliberation: Emotion and the Death Penalty." As regular readers know, this is a topic that I find very interesting, and…
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Debate over doctors and death protocols in NC
As reported in this local article, which is headlined "High court debates execution issue: N.C. justices chide doctors, legislators for not resolving lethal injection deadlock," the messy realities of state lethal injection protocols was the…