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,”...
Margaret Love | April 5, 2019 | Sentencing
The Model Penal Code: Sentencing (MPC) is not specifically designed or intended to influence sentencing in the federal system, although the MPC itself often reflects the influence of federal law. In one recent case, the influence of one upon the other appears mutual:...
Margaret Love and Cecelia M. Klingele | March 29, 2019 | Sentencing
AbstractThe financial cost of mass incarceration has prompted states to pass legislation providing for early release of prisoners. Although early release laws are frequently in tension with principles underlying sentencing systems, most have been passed without any...
Risa L. Goluboff and Leslie Kendrick | March 12, 2019 | Sentencing
Common Law is a new podcast sponsored by UVA School of Law and hosted by Dean Risa Goluboff and Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick. The first episode of the season features a conversation between best-selling author John Grisham and Professor Deirdre Enright of the Innocence...
Gregory Jay Hall | October 25, 2018 | Sentencing
Abstract Starting August 21, 2018, Americans incarcerated across the United States have been striking back — non-violently. Inmates with jobs are protesting slave-like wages through worker strikes and sit-ins. Inmates also call for an end to racial disparities and an...
