Kevin Reitz, Cecelia M. Klingele and Lauren Klosinski | June 24, 2019 | Sentencing
Kevin R. Reitz of University of Minnesota Law School and Cecelia M. Klingele of University of Wisconsin Law School recently published an article in Volume 48 of Crime and Justice, a journal from the University of Chicago. Since 1979 the Crime and Justice series has...
Lauren Klosinski | June 19, 2019 | Sentencing
In a recent article for Law360 Access to Justice, Alexandra Natapoff of UC Irvine School of Law examines the misdemeanor process in the U.S. criminal justice system. Professor Natapoff argues that the misdemeanor system is “under-regulated and rarely scrutinized. And...
Lauren Klosinski | May 30, 2019 | Sentencing
New Hampshire is now the 21st U.S. state to have abolished capital punishment, state legislature voted to override a veto by Gov. Chris Sununu on Thursday, May 30.After a years-long effort to repeal the state’s death penalty, the state’s Senate voted 16-8...
D. Brock Hornby | May 29, 2019 | Sentencing
The following is an excerpt from the article “Can Federal Sentencing Remain Transparent?” published in the Spring 2019 issue of Judicature.Criminal trials have virtually disappeared in many federal courtrooms. According to a recent U.S. Sentencing...
Connor Radnovich | April 23, 2019 | Sentencing
The following is an excerpt from the Statesman Journal, part of the USA Today Network. Without the gift of a second chance early in his life, Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, is sure his story would have turned out differently. “I had a temper,”...
NYU School of Law | April 15, 2019 | Sentencing
The following excerpt of an interview with NYU School of Law Professor Rachel Barkow was created by NYU School of Law and the full interview is available on the NYU Law website.In writing Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration, Rachel Barkow,...
