Douglas Cogan

"The Puzzle of Clearance Rates, and What They Can Tell Us About Crime, Police Reform, and Criminal Justice"

Split Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturns Bill Cosby's convictions based on prior prosecutor's announcement of non-prosecution

Interesting split Fourth Circuit panel debate while upholding resentencing to 52 years for violent offenses by 15-year-old

Federal plea deal on civil rights charges reportedly in the works for Derek Chauvin

Colorado Supreme Court rules mandatory lifetime sex offender registration violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment

Updating the Buckeye State's progress creating a needed felony sentencing database

Still more great new essays in Brennan Center's "Punitive Excess" series

Lots of criminal justice sound (and fury, signifying nothing?) in latest SCOTUS order list

Some clemency news and notes from (only) a few states

SCOTUSblog flags three notable new sentencing cert petitions

Why aren't there much stronger calls for CONGRESS to fix post-pandemic home confinement problems?

"The Reintegration Agenda During Pandemic: Criminal Record Reforms in 2020"

Noting efforts to limit LWOP for young adults older than 18

Derek Chauvin gets 22.5 years for killing George Floyd

"Prosecution in Public, Prosecution in Private"

Will Derek Chauvin get more or less than 20 years for killing George Floyd?

Terrific CCRC review of new RAND report on presidential pardons

First person taken of Ohio death row based on new statute precluding capital punishment for those with "serious mentally illness"

Lovely lengthy account of "Restoring Justice"

Biden Administration stresses reentry in its new public safety efforts

"The Impact of COVID-19 on Crime, Arrests, and Jail Populations - An Expansion on the Preliminary Assessment"

SCOTUS completes OT20 criminal docket with "it depends" Fourth Amendment ruling on misdemeanors and exigent circumstances

Notable education efforts prior to sentencing of minor participant in Capitol riot (who seems likely to get probation)