Sentencing Posts
Trial Manual for the Defense of Criminal Cases Available
The Sixth Edition of the Trial Manual for the Defense of Criminal Cases is now available.
Proposition 57 Approved in California
In another move toward sentencing reform, California voters approved Proposition 57, The California Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial Requirements Initiative.
Is the Death Penalty in the United States Really “Nearing Its End”?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this notable new New York Times editorial headlined “The Death Penalty, Nearing Its End.”
ALI Council Approves Project Drafts
At its October 2016 meeting, the Council took the following actions concerning project drafts
FAMM Urges Mass. Legislature to Adopt Sentencing Reform in Response to Supreme Court Ruling
FAMM has urged the Massachusetts legislature to pass common sense sentencing reform in response to a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling last week that state law does not currently allow departures from mandatory minimum sentences.
Irreparable Harm: The Supreme Court Just Heard a Case that Proves How Broken the Death Penalty Is
When is prejudice prejudicial? That is the question the Supreme Court justices heard on Wednesday in the case of Duane Buck.
The Development of U.S. Sentencing Reform
The provisions on sentence reduction in the Model Penal Code: Sentencing project have recently played a key role in federal sentencing reform efforts. In one case a federal task force on corrections credited the ALI for one of its recommendations; in another. the U.S. Sentencing Commission expanded its policy on sentence reduction after hearing testimony from two Advisers to the MPC project.
MPC: Sentencing Figures in Federal Sentence Reform
The provisions on sentence reduction in the Model Penal Code: Sentencing project have recently played a key role in federal sentencing reform efforts. In one case a federal task force on corrections credited the ALI for one of its recommendations; in another. the U.S. Sentencing Commission expanded its policy on sentence reduction after hearing testimony from two Advisers to the MPC project.
Correctional Overcrowding
Kevin Reitz discusses the Model Penal Code: Sentencing project and how it tackles the problem of correctional overcrowding, not just in prisons, but in all criminal sanctions.