Jan 18, 2025 · Sentencing Law and Policy blog provides Information and Commentary about Guidelines and Capital Sentencing

Sep 12, 2024 · « Bureau of Justice Statistics releases "Criminal Victimization, 2023" | Main | "An Empirical Exploration of a Jury Veto" » September 12, 2024 Highligthing again highlights of federal resentencing and broader second-look sentencing issues

Jun 28, 2004 · « US Supreme Court stays Texas execution minutes before scheduled lethal injection | Main | Have "Republicans Have Completely Abandoned Criminal Justice Reform"?. July 17, 2024 "Post-Chevron, Good Riddance To The Sentencing Guidelines"The ttile of this post is the title of this notable new Law360 commentary authored by …

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 "The Impact of United States v.Erlinger on State Recidivist Sentencing Laws". The title of this post is the title of this notable new essay authored by Chad Flanders just posted to SSRN. Here is its abstract: In Erlinger v.United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that finding that an offender had committed two felonies "on separate occasions" under the Armed ...

Jun 28, 2004 · « Oklahoma completes last (and 25th) execution in the US for 2024 | Main | Death Penalty Information Center releases its annual year-end report, "The Death Penalty in 2024" ». December 19, 2024 US Sentencing Commission votes on (first?) set of notable "Proposed Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines (Preliminary)"

Mar 22, 2024 · « Highlighting how new resentencing laws could help law students consider becoming prosecutors | Main | Intriguing discussion of judges' experiences with death penalty case ». March 22, 2024 "The Delinquent Guidelines: Calling on the U.S. Sentencing Commission to Stop Counting Defendants’ Prior Offenses Committed Before Age 18"

Jun 7, 2024 · « "How Neuroscience Can Improve the Sentencing of Defendants with Autism Spectrum Disorder" | Main | US Sentencing Commission starts releasing latest "Quick Facts" publications » June 7, 2024 Rounding up some capital punishment stories from the week that was

Jun 28, 2004 · « Recapping the state of Jan 6 riot prosecutions and sentences at three-year mark | Main | A more detailed accounting of Jan 6 riot sentencings ». January 5, 2024 Two new papers examining administrative law issues around USSC's new sentence reduction guideline

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Nov 14, 2024 · From The Plain Dealer editorial board: "Should Cuyahoga County run a pilot to show a criminal sentencing database can work?. Here are excerpts from the the Dispatch article, which appears in today's papers, providing an update on the efforts:. Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael Donnelly is spearheading a project to collect criminal sentencing data in a …