on policy concerns. In 2009, the U.S. District Courts for the Western... Control and Law Enforcement Act. The Commission found that the sentencing disparity was unjustified due to the small...
Sentencing Law and Policy blog provides Information and Commentary about Guidelines and Capital Sentencing
Tony Mauro today has this great Legal Times piece which asks in its title "Will Roberts Jump Into the Supreme Court Cert Pool?" The article provides terrific background on the SCOTUS cert pool and its potential problems given that every Justice, save for Justice Stevens, relies on the work of the pool and thus "virtually all of the cases that come to the Supreme Court are denied review and disposed of with only one or two law clerks — and no justices — actually reading the briefs." The piece...
Sentencing Law and Policy blog provides Information and Commentary about Guidelines and Capital Sentencing
public policy stances on sentencing of those convicted of... and Law Enforcement Act created the Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing program, which awarded grants to...
Key Findings ; Although powder cocaine and crack cocaine are two forms of the same drug, much data collected does not distinguish these two forms. Crack cocaine has only been on the market a relatively short period of time, research that might more fully address outstanding concerns has not yet occurred. Accordingly, given the current information gap, policymakers must draw conclusions cautiously. The quantity and form of cocaine involved in an offense are two factors for determining appropriate...
Federal Sentencings for Simple Possession of Marijuana ; The number of federal offenders sentenced for simple possession of marijuana is relatively small and has been declining steadily from 2,172 in fiscal year 2014 to only 145 in fiscal year 2021. The overall trends were largely driven by one district, the District of Arizona, which accounted for nearly 80 percent (78.9%) of all federal marijuana possession sentencings since 2014. As the number of such cases in the District of Arizona declined from a peak of 1,916 in 2014 to just two in fisca ...
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 ; Since one senate race was only decided last night and another one remains unresolved, this commentary I just noted on SSRN still is timely. The piece is by Professor Stephen Saltzburg from the Summer 2008 issue of the ABA's Criminal Justice magaine, and it is titled "Where is Criminal Justice in this Presidential Year?". Here is the abstract: December 3, 2008 in Campaign 2008 and sentencing issues | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack · As detailed in this local...
Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy (Washington, D.C.: GPO, February 1995), 184-187. 514... However, none have a quantity ratio as large as the 100:1 disparity in federal law. Racial...