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

I am pleased to see the launch of a new column at SCOTUSblog, being called "ScotusCrim" and being authored by Rory Little to focus "on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law." The initial installment is titled "The criminal... Douglas A. Berman Sentences Reconsidered Who Sentences

The folks at The Sentencing Project released this new 36-page report about two states' experiences with in-prison voting. Here are excerpts from the report's executive symmary: Only two U.S. states – Maine and Vermont – do not disrupt the voting... Douglas A. Berman Collateral consequences Prisons and prisoners

The title of this post is the title of this new paper just posted to SSRN and authored by Dennis D. Hirsch, Jared Ott, Angie Westover-Munoz and Chris Yaluma. Here is its abstract: Federal and state criminal justice systems use... Douglas A. Berman Procedure and Proof at Sentencing Technocorrections Who Sentences