Margaret Love | July 3, 2018 | Sentencing
In 2003, Justice Anthony Kennedy made a dramatic and surprising presentation to the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco in which he raised fundamental questions about the fairness and efficacy of criminal punishment in the United States. He...
Margaret Love | June 22, 2018 | Sentencing
The newest double issue of Federal Sentencing Reporter, “Managing Collateral Consequences in the Information Age,” touches on the topic of post-sentencing collateral consequences and restoration of rights. Below is the Introduction from the Editor’s...
Rachel Lippmann | April 26, 2018 | Children and the Law, Sentencing
The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider the constitutionality of a 241-year prison sentence given to a St. Louis man more than two decades ago. The high court on Monday announced it would not hear the case of Bobby Bostic. The justices gave no reason for their...
Margaret Love | April 24, 2018 | Sentencing
Last week we posted a description of a detailed new Indiana law regulating consideration of conviction in occupational and professional licensure throughout the state. It now appears that this may represent a trend, as eight additional states have either recently...
Pauline Toboulidis | March 8, 2018 | Sentencing
The New York Times examines the federal compassionate release program, a program designed to permit the release of sick, dying and elderly prisoners who are the least likely to re-offend and the most expensive to house. An excerpt: Congress created compassionate...
Jeremy Loudenback | February 13, 2018 | Children and the Law, Sentencing
The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a recent ballot initiative aimed at preventing the transfer of juveniles into the adult justice system could be applied retroactively to pending court cases. In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 57, part of...
