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Examining "life-or-death lottery for thousands of federal inmates" from compassionate release

TRAC releases intriguing new report on "Equal Justice and Sentencing Practices Among Federal District Court Judges"

US Sentencing Commission releases big new report on "Recidivism of Federal Offenders Released in 2010"

SCOTUS starts new term with four new cert grants, one involving the sentencing process for retroactive crack case resentencing

"Toward an Optimal Decarceration Strategy"

Two misdemeanants get 45-day jail terms at latest January 6 riot sentencings

Register for 2021 Menard Family Lecture on Drug Policy and Criminal Justice and other great drug sentencing events

Texas completes state's third execution of 2021

USSC releases interesting (but problematic?) new JSIN platform providing data on sentencing patterns

US House votes 361-66 to pass today the EQUAL Act to end disparity between powder and crack cocaine sentences

US Sentencing Commission releases updated "Compassionate Release Data Report" covering all of 2020 and first half of 2021

Some notable sentencing issues on SCOTUSblog's "Petitions to Watch" from long conference

"Managing the Pardon Power: Should the Justice Department Remain the Gatekeeper?"

R. Kelly now likely facing a long sentence after convictions on all federal sex trafficking charges

FBI releases 2020 crime statistics showing increase in violent crime and decrease in property crime

"Custodial Sanctions and Reoffending: A Meta-Analytic Review"

Washington Supreme Court rules 46-year minimum term for juve murderer "unconstitutional de facto life sentence"

"Sex Offender Registration in a Pandemic"

Law enforcement and prosecutor groups urge Prez Biden to commute sentence of all in home confinement cohort

Notable new report spotlights onerous nature of electronic monitoring in US

"How often does a judge end up sentencing someone for breaking a law the judge personally disagrees with?"

"Understanding Drug Sentencing" conference feature keynote with former AG Eric Holder and Piper Kerman

NJ Supreme Court holds, as a matter of state constitutional law, that "fundamental fairness" precludes sentence enhancement based on acquitted conduct

Still more great essays at Inquest, including an especially disheartening book review