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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Celebrating liberty in the country leading the world in incarceration rates
Writing over at the Huffington Post, J. Richard Cohen has this new commentary titled "Mass Incarceration of Children Must End." Though focused on tough juve sentencing, the piece reminds everyone of this key datum as…
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My (already dated) musings on the SCOTUS criminal docket
Though I wrote this piece a while ago and have not had a chance to update it recently, now finally appearing at this link at SSRN is a draft of a short piece of mine…
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Ninth Circuit ruling on sex offenders under AWA
Thanks to this post at Sex Crimes, I see that the Ninth Circuit has this ruling earlier this week about who qualifies "sex offender" under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.
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Two notable Eighth Circuit sentencing wins for federal prosecutors
Two rulings from the Eighth Circuit today reflect the reality that federal prosecutors still seem to prevail more often than not in tough sentencing appeals. Here are links and unofficial summaries from ,the circuit's official…
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Looking ahead to SCOTUS docket dynamics
Even though there was a record low number of decisions this past Term, the Supreme Court had something for nearly everyone interested in criminal justice issues. Gall and Kimbrough and Irizarry provided federal sentencing fans…
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Could all the mistakes in Kennedy be corrected?
Linda Greenhouse spotlights in this new article that a key legal mistake in the Kennedy child rape ruling is drawing attention and a notable admission of error: In a highly unusual admission of error, the…
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One (of many) brewing Heller test cases?
The New York Sun has this interesting report on what could be an interesting Heller test case: In a sign that federal courts here in New York will defend New York City's restrictive gun regulations,…
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Reflections on the (criminal justice) blawgosphere
Here are three very interesting and thought-provoking posts about the history and state of the blawgosphere from the "practical blawgosphere": From Simple Justice, Are Law Professors Afraid of the Practical Blawgosphere? From CrimLaw, A Brief…
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A Reagan era irony in Senator McCain's recent judge-bashing
Reflecting more on Senator John McCain's notable crime speech yesterday (first blogged here), I realized there was an interesting irony as a result of his praise for Ronald Reagan and his critique of the federal…
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Some Heller thoughts from around the blogosphere
I see these new notable new Heller posts from around the law professor blogosphere: At Balkinization from Sandy Levinson, Does the Constitution protect a substantive right to hunt? At The Volokh Conspiracy from Dale Carpenter,…