Douglas Cogan

Another indication from Oklahoma of how jurors are keeping the death penalty mostly dormant

Federal district judge finds confinement condition Connecticut's former death row inmates to be unconstitutional

"The Gendered Burdens of Conviction and Collateral Consequences on Employment"

"Higher Education Programs in Prison: What We Know Now and What We Should Focus on Going Forward"

Highlighting the need for community supervision to focus on rewarding success

"Translating Crimes"

Making the case for exempting juvenile offenders from being subject to adult mandatory minimums

"Arrest, Release, Repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social problems"

Yet another great set of new Quick Facts publications from US Sentencing Commission

"Prosecutors Need to Take the Lead in Reforming Prisons"

Feds officially commit to seeking death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue mass murderer

Shaming and handwriting requirements in sentencing for offenders who falsely claimed to be veterans

Making the case for the Fair Chance Act of 2019

Making the case for education as the means "to radically change the lives of the incarcerated"

"Whom the State Kills"

Notable Washington Supreme Court discussion of recidivist LWOP sentences while rejecting challenge to use of young adult "first strikes"

Lots of advice on federal prisons for AG Barr and the new leadership at the Bureau of Prisons

Florida completes execution of serial killer, the "I-95 killer."

Sixth Circuit judge in separate opinion makes case for Eighth Amendment precluding execution of persons under 21 at time of murder

Terrific review of localities that are "Addicted to Fines"

Texas completes its fourth execution of year, this time of a defendant who persistently proclaimed his innocence

"How Do Prosecutors (and the Rest of Us) Get Sentencing So Wrong?"

Rounding up some responses to AG Barr's swipe at progressive prosecutors

Noticing the tendency for criminal justice reforms to become a scapegoat for all sorts of crime concerns

"The Thirteenth Amendment: Modern Slavery, Capitalism, and Mass Incarceration"

Could execution troubles help spell the end of Ohio's use of the death penalty?

Senator Elizabeth Warren releases her plan for "comprehensive criminal justice reform"