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Strand v. State

Maryland Judiciary - Fri, 10/10/2025 - 12:32

Campbell v. State

Maryland Judiciary - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 16:19

In Memoriam

Maryland Judiciary - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 08:51

Working on -- and welcoming feedback on -- migration of this blog to another locale

Sentencing Law & Policy - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 09:40
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 myth of the optimal level of incarceration"

Sentencing Law & Policy - Sun, 09/21/2025 - 22:56
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

US Sentencing Commission FY 2025 third quarter federal sentencing data shows growth in immigration cases

Sentencing Law & Policy - Fri, 09/19/2025 - 11:52
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

Florida completes its twelfth execution in 2025 of murderer of three people 35 years ago

Sentencing Law & Policy - Thu, 09/18/2025 - 14:21
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

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