Ashley Nellis | August 3, 2017 | Children and the Law, Sentencing
Decades of research from the fields of criminology and adolescent brain science find that the decisions made in youth — even very unwise decisions — do not crystallize criminality. Instead, as young people age and mature they develop the capacity to make different...
Pauline Toboulidis | July 26, 2017 | Sentencing
The below information is from a press release issued by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Office of Legislative & Public Affairs. The United States Sentencing Commission released a new publication—An Overview of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal...
Margaret Love | July 5, 2017 | Sentencing
The Restoration of Rights Project is an online resource that offers state-by-state analyses of the law and practice in each U.S. jurisdiction relating to restoration of rights and status following arrest or conviction. Jurisdictional “profiles” cover areas such as...
Julia O'Donoghue | June 28, 2017 | Sentencing
Louisiana lawmakers approved a criminal justice system overhaul — one that advocates are calling historic — during the 2017 regular legislative session. We’ve broken down the package into three parts. This installment, the second, is about changes to...
Kevin Reitz | June 7, 2017 | Sentencing
After 15 years of work, The America Law Institute’s Model Penal Code: Sentencing received final approval at the 2017 ALI annual meeting (approved draft available here). This is the first-ever revision of the celebrated 1962 Model Penal Code. See the press release from...
