Douglas Cogan

"Recidivism of Felony Offenders in California"

Reflect, respond, react to latest SCOTUS Term by writing a commentary for the Federal Sentencing Reporter

"Plus a Life Sentence? Incarceration’s Effects on Expected Lifetime Wage Growth"

In federal prosecution following state conviction, Charlottesville killer James Fields gets LWOP sentence

Just how huge is the mess and challenge for lower federal courts after SCOTUS decisions in Davis, Haymond and Rehaif?

SCOTUS, in final order of OT 2018, adds two more federal criminal cases to docket for next Term

"Somewhere Between Death Row and Death Watch: How Courts Have Precluded Capital Defendants From Raising Execution-Related Claims"

US Sentencing Commission releases "Overview of Federal Criminal Cases, Fiscal Year 2018"

Ruling 5-4, SCOTUS upholds constitutionality of blood test of unconscious driver

Notable new comments about crime and prosecutions from AG William Barr in speech to United States Attorneys

"The Future of Presidential Clemency Decisionmaking"

The Sentencing Project reports one of every 15 women in prison (nearly 7,000) serving life or virtual life sentence

SCOTUS, via splintered 5-4 ruling, decides that supervised release revocation procedures used in Haymond are unconstitutional

District Court finds statutory sentence reform among "extraordinary and compelling reasons" for reducing LWOP sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)

"The Opposite of Punishment: Imagining a Path to Public Redemption"

Expecting (good?) criminal justice reform questions in the coming Democratic debates

"Which Presidential Candidate Would Give David Barren His Freedom?"

New District Court ruling confirms that "any extraordinary and compelling reasons" can now provide basis for reducing imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)

Accounting Justice Gorsuch's votes (and opinions) so far this SCOTUS Term in big criminal cases

Supreme Court grants cert on AEPDA rules limiting habeas petitions

SCOTUS, ruling 5-4, finds part of 924(c) unconstitutionally vague in Davis

Were lawyers busy all weekend drafting "Rehaif motions" seeking relief for "tens of thousands of prisoners" potentially impacted by the SCOTUS decision?

"Madison and the Mentally Ill: The Death Penalty for the Weak, Not the Worst"