Jun 28, 2004 · « Prez Trump pardons two DC police officers convicted for deadly chase and coverup | Main | Latest CCJ accounting details "Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Year-End 2024 Update" ». January 23, 2025 "Is Death Different?" The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Jacob Bronsther now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:

Jun 28, 2004 · « SCOTUS issues another notable 7-2 per curiam procedural reversal in a capital habeas case | Main | Going beyond his promises, Prez Trump fully pardons Ross Ulbright, who was serving LWOP sentence for drug crimes ». January 22, 2025 US Justice Department issues "Interim Policy Changes Regarding Charging, Sentencing, And Immigration Enforcement"

Jun 28, 2004 · « Given latest SCOTUS review of civil proof burdens, still wondering about criminal sentence increase standards | Main | Supreme Court grants cert concerning limits on successor federal 2255 petitions under AEDPA ». January 17, 2025 Prez Biden commutes sentences of "nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses"

Jan 15, 2025 · Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal handed down an interesting ruling late last week in Crist v. Florida, No. 5D2022-2966 (5th App. Fla. Jan. 10, 2025) (available here). This press piece explains the basics effectively, and it starts this way: A …

Jun 28, 2004 · « New policy brief on EQUAL Act assembles notable data on crack and powder cocaine sentencing | Main | Rounding up some reactions to Prez Biden's decision to commute 37 federal death sentences ». December 23, 2024 En banc Third Circuit again finds federal felon-in-possesion ban unconstitutional as applied to Byran Range

3 days ago · As reported in this AP article, "racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled on Friday, part of what he called “glaring” patterns of bias in a prosecutorial district ...

4 days ago · The Commission has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. (EST). The Commission will livestream and record this event. At the meeting, Commissioners will receive testimony from invited witnesses on proposed amendments relating to the career offender guideline ...

Jun 28, 2004 · « Split Florida appeals court finds First Amendment violation in "sexual predator" label on state IDs | Main | AG Garland rescinds federal execution protocol citing "risk of pain and suffering" in using pentobarbital for lethal injection ». January 15, 2025 AG nominee Pam Bondi talks up First Step Act and criminal justice reform

Feb 1, 2025 · A helpful reader flagged an interesting concurring opinion in a case from Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeals which showcases a potental state echo from the Supreme Court's recent Sixth Amendment ruling in US v. Erlinger. At issue is application of Florida's "prison releasee reoffender" (PRR ...

Jun 28, 2004 · Prez Trump is not yet tired of using his clemency pen, as this new New York Times piece reports: "President Trump on Wednesday issued full and unconditional pardons to two Washington, D.C., police officers convicted after a chase that killed a young Black man in 2020, an episode that led to days of ...