Douglas Cogan

A bloggy review of the sentencing year that was 2020

Still more great new Politico Magazine coverage now on "Justice Reform: Reentry"

Two notable end-of-year state supreme court rulings for criminal defendants on sentencing matters

"The Treatment-Industrial Complex: Alternative Corrections, Private Prison Companies, and Criminal Justice Debt"

Rounding up some notable recent criminal justice commentary

Noticing the many regular forgotten folk so far left behind in Prez Trump's clemency capers

"Algorithmic Decision-Making When Humans Disagree About Ends"

Reviewing remarkable recent criminal justice reforms in the state of Michigan

"Getting Explicit About Implicit Bias"

Federal judge blocks January 12 execution date for only woman on federal death row

"Trump pardoned us. But pardons don’t replace criminal justice reform."

Rounding up some (but not enough) state clemency stories this holiday week

A challenge for those troubled by Trump's final month clemencies: identify dozens, hundreds of comparable cases for Biden's first month

"'I See What Is Right and Approve, But I Do What Is Wrong': Psychopathy and Punishment in the Context of Racial Bias in the Age of Neuroimaging"

Lots of federal death penalty news and notes after record-setting executions

Prez Trump issues 29 more clemencies on Festivus that include full pardons to Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner

"Versari Crimes"

Prez Trump issues 15 full pardons and 5 commutations on Festivus eve

DOJ produces huge "Final Report" from the work of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice

Split Michigan appeals court upholds sentencing of mass molester Larry Nassar over claims of misconduct by sentencing judge

Following the Garden State's path to ending mass incarceration