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I tend not to be a big fan of celebrations of April Fools' Day (I often get to feel plenty foolish all year long), but the fokls at the Prison Policy Initiative have a holiday-themed entry that seemed worthy of... Douglas A. Berman Prisons and prisoners

The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by Kevin Morrow and now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: The final decision on the imposition of the death penalty in the United States is... Douglas A. Berman Death Penalty Reforms Procedure and Proof at Sentencing Who Sentences

The Supreme Court issued this relative short order list this morning which concluded with an interesting dissent from the denial of certiorari authored by Justice Sotomayor and joined by Justice Jackson. Here is how the six-page dissent gets started and... Douglas A. Berman Procedure and Proof at Sentencing Sentences Reconsidered Who Sentences

The title of this post is the title of this notable new article from multiple authors just published in the journal Legal and Criminological Psychology. Here is its abstract: Criminal legal systems around the world rely heavily on defendants foregoing... Douglas A. Berman Procedure and Proof at Sentencing Who Sentences

The title of this post is the headline of this new Washington Post article. I recommend the full piece, and here are excerpts: Standing in front of a crowd outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 6 defendant Brian Mock... Douglas A. Berman Clemency and Pardons Prisons and prisoners Who Sentences

Prez Trump made historic use of his clemency powers during his first few days in office this year, and he clearly continues to enjoy to exercising his broad executive authority to grant pardons and commutations. Consider all this federal clemency... Douglas A. Berman Clemency and Pardons Sentences Reconsidered White-collar sentencing Who Sentences

The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by Benjamin Levin now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: In this Article, I argue that the U.S. criminal system and debates about criminal justice reform... Douglas A. Berman Purposes of Punishment and Sentencing