Douglas Cogan

"The case for education in prison"

Spotlighting that, within top incarceration nation, it is not quite clear which state tops the per capital incarceration list

In sparring opinion surrounding en banc denial, Eleventh Circuit judges debate the metaphysics of Booker and Johnson

"Booker Circumvention? Adjudication Strategies in the Advisory Sentencing Guidelines Era"

More concerns expressed about Hudson Institute's place in developing key piece of FIRST STEP Act reforms

NYU Center reviewing historical state clemency grants ... starting with Pennsylvania

Seventh Circuit finds Indiana approach to revoking good-time credits in sex offender program violates Fifth Amendment right against compelled self‐incrimination

"Individualized Sentencing"

Recapping a notable week of SCOTUS criminal justice arguments

Maryland GOP Gov finally commutes notable life sentence (and others) following notably stingy prior Gov

"The High Stakes of Low-Level Criminal Justice"

"Jared Kushner: Fifteen Lessons I Learned From Criminal-Justice Reform"

BJS releases "Prisoners in 2016" and "Jail Inmates in 2017" reporting notable declines in incarcerated persons

Texas completes another execution of another killer involved in notorious hate crime

"How to Argue with an Algorithm: Lessons from the COMPAS ProPublica Debate"

Judge Jack Weinstein provides thorough explanation for FIRST STEP Act crack retroactivity sentence reduction

Vera Institute documents another drop in the US prison population in 2018

California DAs assail Gov Newsom's execution moratorium

Relying on post-Miller legislation, Illinois Supreme Court rules any juve sentence over 40 years constitutes de facto life sentence

How could and how should a President push states to extend the franchise to all prisoners?

"Justice Denied: The Harmful and Lasting Effects of Pretrial Detention"

"The case against solitary confinement"

No new criminal law cert grants, but still possibilities for a notable SCOTUS week ahead

"Misdemeanors by the Numbers"

Thoughtful look into prison abolitionism (and prison history) in theory and practice