Sentencing Law & Policy

The title of this post is the title of this new article now available via SSRN authored by Talia Roitberg Harmon, Michael L. Perlin, Maren Geiger, Lea Roitberg and Stacy Bielic. Here is its abstract: The United States Supreme Court... Douglas A. Berman Death Penalty Reforms Offender Characteristics Procedure and Proof at Sentencing

This new ABC News piece reports that the "judge who oversaw the trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs has asked both sides in the case to provide him with sentencing information ahead of the scheduled October sentencing date." Here is more:... Douglas A. Berman Celebrity sentencings Federal Sentencing Guidelines Procedure and Proof at Sentencing

The US Sentencing Commission in recent weeks has released a bunch more of its terrific "Quick Facts" publications. As regular readers know, I find so very interesting all the these short data documents, which are designed to "give readers basic... Douglas A. Berman Data on sentencing Detailed sentencing data Federal Sentencing Guidelines