Douglas Cogan

"Undemocratic Crimes"

Prison Policy Initiative sets out long list of "Winnable criminal justice reforms" for state systems

So what's a reasonable expectation for how many of Prez Biden's judicial nominees will be criminal defense or civil rights lawyers?

"Assessing Graham v. Florida at the Ten-Year Mark: Progress and the Prospects for Ongoing Juvenile Sentencing Reform"

In high-profile sentencing, victim input and collateral consequences pus judge away from prison term for misconduct by former FBI attorney

Lots of commentary and advice for Prez Biden's criminal justice reforms task one week in

"The Transparency of Jail Data"

New efforts to fix the ugly old problem of sentencing disparity for federal crack and powder cocaine offenses

"The Stress of Injustice: Public Defenders and the Frontline of American Inequality"

ACLU urging Prez Biden to "use his clemency powers to bring home 25,000 people" from federal prisons

Reviewing Prez Trump's clemency work from a number of perspectives

"Prosecuting Misdemeanors"

Prez Biden signs Executive Order "to Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities" in the federal prison system

"The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Recidivism Studies: Myopic, Misleading, and Doubling Down on Imprisonment"

Some prosectors concerned LA's new progressive prosecutor is progressing too far

US Sentencing Commission publishes report on "Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogues: Federal Trends and Trafficking Patterns."

"Is Mass Incarceration Here to Stay?"

Two more new 3582(c)(1)(A) reductions to remedy stacked 924(c) sentences reformed by FIRST STEP Act

Why not a clemency push focused on the (more lethal) new death penalty that is COVID in federal prisons?

"What a Libertarian Attorney General Could Do"

37 Democratic member of Congress call on Prez Biden to "commute the sentences of all those" on federal death row