First Step Act and Beyond”
Douglas A. Berman « Rounding up some criminal justice postings from Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform | Main |...
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Why Plea Bargaining is a Bad Deal”
Douglas A. Berman « Gearing up and rounding up before start of Senate hearing on the SCOTUS nomination of...
Read moreRight on Crime highlights “Second Look for conservative justice and cost-savings”
Douglas A. Berman « Recalling the text of the applicable law which helps account for Judge Jackson's sentencing rulings...
Read moreSentencing Law and Policy: Prison Policy Initiative releases “Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022”
Douglas A. Berman « New DOJ memo says plea agreements should generally not require waivers of compassionate release rights...
Read moreThe Impact of the First Step Act & COVID-19 Pandemic”
Douglas A. Berman « "Does Mens Rea Matter?" | Main | Vera Institute of Justice provides very latest prison...
Read moreSentencing Law and Policy: “Algorithm v. Algorithm”
Douglas A. Berman « Voting 6-3, SCOTUS reinstates vacated death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev | Main...
Read morePrez Biden reportedly to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
Douglas A. Berman « Latest Bureau of Justice Statistics' publication on "Criminal Victimization, 2020" suggests violent crime hit historic...
Read moreNew Pew report spotlights “Drug Arrests Stayed High Even as Imprisonment Fell From 2009 to 2019”
Douglas A. Berman « Declines in 2021 leaves US death row populations at lowest level in three decades |...
Read moreCriminal Record Reforms in 2021″
Douglas A. Berman « Brennan Center reviews "Criminal Legal Reform One Year into the Biden Administration" | Main |...
Read moreGuest post #2 on big Seventh Circuit Wilks decision on Bail Reform Act’s “presumption of detention”
Douglas A. Berman « SCOTUS takes up reach of McGirt's limit on state prosecution in "Indian country" | Main...
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