Douglas Cogan

Counsel file initial sentencing briefs on "Blakely factors" in preparation for Derek Chauvin's sentencing

Prez Biden gets timely reminder that criminal justice reform presents unique bipartisan opportunity

Great example of clemency leading to more compassion ... in the form of compassionate release thanks to FIRST STEP Act reforms

"A better path forward for criminal justice: A report by the Brookings-AEI Working Group on Criminal Justice Reform"

US Sentencing Commission releases FY 2021 first quarter sentencing data showing COVID's continued impact on federal sentencings (and USSC data)

"Reckless Lawmaking: How Debt-Based Driver's License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources"

Not even much lip service about sentencing reform in Prez Biden's first address to Congress

Is Justice Kavanaugh eager to bring proportionality review to government sanctions ... to protect speech under the First Amendment?

"Harm Reduction at the Center of Incarceration"

Evan Miller, of Miller v. Alabama, sentenced again to LWOP for murder committed when he was only 14

"The Fate of Lethal Injection: Decomposition of the Paradigm and Its Consequences"

Detailing the "nightmare" following the Supreme Court's McGirt ruling

"Handling Aggravating Facts After Blakely: Findings From Five Presumptive-Guidelines States"

Some death penalty news and notes from around the USA

"Slamming the Courthouse Door: 25 years of evidence for repealing the Prison Litigation Reform Act"

After more than a decade, SCOTUS finally grants cert on big Second Amendment carry case

"A Primer on Risk Assessment for Legal Decisionmakers"

Third Circuit panel explores curious loss calculations in federal fraud guidelines

Rounding up some early (mostly critical) commentary on Jones

"Housing the Decarcerated"

FAMM urges federal BOP to publish memos with home confinement criteria

A few first thoughts on Jones and juve LWOP

"Race-Based Remedies in Criminal Law"

"A Courts-Focused Research Agenda for the Department of Justice"

SCOTUS affirms juve LWOP sentence, 6-3, in Jones v Mississippi

"Assessing the Mortality Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Florida State Prisons"

Split Eleventh Circuit panel rejects equal protection challenge to illegal reentry guideline