The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hewitt (et al.) v. U.S. to consider this formal question: "Whether the First Step Act’s sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally ...

The title of this post is the title of this essay authored by Barry Latzer available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: A recent report on reincarceration by the Council of State Governments Justice ...

When the US Sentencing Commission's promulgated a set of proposed guideline amendments last month (details here), it also indicated in a press release that more proposed amendments might be in the ...

The title of this post is the title of this recent New York Law Journal essay by Paul Shechtman. The piece merits a full read, as it highlights recent developments on acquitted conduct sentencing and ...

I have just finished listening to today's hearing as part of the state court sentencing in Trump v. New York, at the end of which he received the expected sentence of "unconditional discharge." The ...

The title of this post is the title of this new paper now available via SSRN authored by Olwyn Conway. Here is its abstract: Restorative justice is a means of responding to harm — including criminal ...

The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Eric Fish and Chesa Boudin now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: The American criminal justice system faces a crisis of ...

The day after Donald Trump was elected to serve a second term in the Oval Office, I asked in this post "How might Prez-Elect Trump operationalize his promise to pardon January 6 defendants?". Perhaps ...

The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by William Berry III now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: The United States Supreme Court has applied the Eighth Amendment in ...

As reported in this notable new NBC News piece, "[t]wo prisoners who are among the 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by President Joe Biden — a move that spares them ...

Anyone and everyone following Second Amendment litigation since the Supreme Court's landmark Bruen ruling knows that it is not a question of whether, but just a matter of when, the Justices will take ...

With help from a colleague, I can report on significant news relating to the US Sentencing Commission that goes along with the new Congress. As reported in this post, back in August 4, 2022, the ...