Douglas Cogan

"Courts, Culture, and the Lethal Injection Stalemate"

Effective PPI review of how "technical violations" contribute to incarceration in DC

How might the Prez clemency power be wielded next month and next year?

"Criminal Justice Citizenship"

Will problematic definition of "violence" convictions impact Oklahoma sentencing reform initiative SQ 805?

Federal prison population, per BOP report of "Total Federal Inmates," drops below 155,000

"The Right to Medication-Assisted Treatment in Jails and Prisons"

Digging carefully into what the FIRST STEP Act has, and has not, really achieved

"How Criminal Law Lost Its Mind"

More great coverage of criminal justice players and issues on the 2020 ballot

"Should Criminal Justice Reformers Care About Prosecutorial Ethics Rules?"

With Justice Barrett seated, isn't it now time to pack the Supreme Court ... with constitutional criminal procedure cases?

US Sentencing Commission releases data revealing COVID's impact on federal sentencings

Court filing by California Gov seeks tougher rules for state’s death penalty

"Populist Prosecutorial Nullification"

Covering just some of many criminal justice reforms stories percolating in 2020 election

Final looks at Judge Amy Coney Barrett's criminal justice record before she starts to build a criminal justice record as a Justice

"What If Nothing Works? On Crime Licenses, Recidivism, and Quality of Life"

"Framing Individualized Sentencing for Politics and the Constitution"

Some notable (and mostly heartening) criminal justice discussion in final Prez debate of 2020

Bureau of Justice Statistics reporting that, as of end of 2019, "US imprisonment rate at its lowest since 1995."

"Felony Disenfranchisement and the Nineteenth Amendment"

Prez Trump grants commutations to five persons given long federal prisons terms (though two were already out of prison)

"Decarcerating Correctional Facilities during COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety"

Louisiana Supreme Court declares state statute requiring persons to carry ID branded with "SEX OFFENDER" violative of First Amendment

Notable ideas and efforts to take on the trial penalty