John Gleeson | September 14, 2016 | Sentencing
Our nation is truly at a crossroads when it comes to sentencing policy. Since the adoption of the original Model Penal Code in 1962, America’s prison, jail, probation, and parole populations have exploded. During the same period, the types and severity of both the...
Margaret Love | September 7, 2016 | Sentencing
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...
Kevin Reitz | September 2, 2016 | Sentencing
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. “The current draft gives states the option of creating mechanisms that are in place to deal...
