His new essay with reflections on the year that was, titled "The Sentencing Matters Substack: One Year In; We've surprised ourselves with this project; and we hope to expand and improve it in year two ...

From the Iowa Capital Dispatch, " Imprisoned Iowa child-killer seeks deportation, claiming he’s an ‘illegal alien’ " From the Marshall Project, " How Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Will Slash Health Coverage ...

From the Iowa Capital Dispatch, " Imprisoned Iowa child-killer seeks deportation, claiming he’s an ‘illegal alien’ " From the Marshall Project, " How Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Will Slash Health Coverage ...

Over at Bolts, Michaela Markels has this lengthy piece about felony murder law in Alabama and elsewhere.  Especially as I am gearing up to teach 1L Crimnal Law this fall, I found this piece very much ...

Because of extradition laws, foreign defendants are rarely sent to the United States if they might face death, and America’s use of capital punishment has been a significant point of contention with ...

Diddy will probably be sentenced to confinement for 1 to 3 years, and his lawyer may ask the judge to let him do the time at his home. Marc Agnifilo -- the lead lawyer on Diddy's legal team -- tells ...

In reflection of the comments and ideas it has received, the Commission voted unanimously to prioritize: Providing courts with additional guidance on selecting the appropriate sentencing option (e.g., ...

Utterly rote, standard line from academia. Nothing's wrong with criminals; the only problem is with the rest of us because we're so mean. One might at least hope for something original.

Regular readers know, based on many prior posts here, that police departments in cities nationwide were reporting crime declines throughout 2024 (and are continuing to do so into 2025). Yesterday, the ...

Black was convicted in the 1988 shooting deaths of his girlfriend Angela Clay, 29, and her two daughters, Latoya Clay, 9, and Lakeisha Clay, 6. Prosecutors said he was in a jealous rage when he shot ...

A busy summer continues for the US Sentencing Commission. A couple of weeks ago, as detailed here, the Commission conducted a "Public Hearing on Retroactivity" to "gather testimony from invited ...

Supervision failures are still driving incarceration. In 2023, nearly 200,000 people were admitted to prison for violating probation or parole, including over 110,000 people for technical violations.