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As some readers may know, the blogging service Typepad is complete shutting down as of September 30, 2025. When I first started this blog back in May 2004(!), Typepad seemed like a good-enough, user-friendly platform, and before long I had... Douglas A. Berman On blogging

The title of this post is the title of this notable essay authored by Shawn Bushway. I recommend the full piece, and here is how it gets started: The U.S. now incarcerates 25 percent fewer people than it did at... Douglas A. Berman Prisons and prisoners Scope of Imprisonment

I just saw that yesterday the US Sentencing Commission released here its latest federal sentencing quarterly data report which is titled "3rd Quarter Release, Preliminary Fiscal Year 2025 Data Through June 30, 2025." Because these data only capture a little... Douglas A. Berman Criminal justice in the Trump Administration Data on sentencing Detailed sentencing data Federal Sentencing Guidelines

As reported in this AP piece, a "Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house on fire was put to death Wednesday evening in what was a record 12th execution in the state... Douglas A. Berman Death Penalty Reforms