Douglas Cogan

Is Judge Amy Coney Barrett the first SCOTUS nominee to disclose multiple blog posts in her Senate questionnaire?

Heiress involved in NXIVM group gets way-above-guideline sentence

New FBI crime data for 2019 reports more encouraging crime declines

"Youth Justice Under the Coronavirus: Linking Public Health Protections with the Movement for Youth Decarceration"

Any suggestions for sharp Prez debate questions on criminal justice issues?

Bureau of Justice Statistics releases "Capital Punishment, 2018 – Statistical Tables"

Split First Circuit panel recognizes, in 2255 proceeding, Johnson vagueness claim as to old mandatory career-offender guideline

Fifth Circuit panel rejects claims of unconstitutional or unreasonable trial penalty at sentencing

"Prosecutors and Mass Incarceration"

Some notable quotables from a high-profile speaker sounding like an advocate for criminal justice reform

"The Perils of 'Old' and 'New' in Sentencing Reform"

Second Circuit panel rules unanimously that district courts have broad discretion to consider "any extraordinary and compelling reason for release that a defendant might raise"

Federal government completes its seventh (and final?) execution in 2020

Interesting accounting of Facebook spending and advertising by presidential campaigns

"The Unified Theory of Punishment"

Federal government completes its sixth execution in 2020

Another accounting of Justice Ginsburg's criminal justice legacy

"Virtual Reality: Prospective Catalyst for Restorative Justice"

Pending federal executions to be first SCOTUS matters to be resolved without the late Justice Ginsburg

Who is Likely to be Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Replacement?

Notable research from Pennsylvania on positive pardon consequences

Big new NPR investigation showing pulmonary edema in executed inmates suggests a painful process

"Wage Theft Criminalization"

Spotlighting notable series of substantive reasonableness reversals by the Sixth Circuit

"Due Process in a Fee-Driven State"

Noting encouraging new federal compassionate release realities