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"Procedural Justice and Risk-Assessment Algorithms"

Louisiana Attorney General suggests pursuing alternative execution methods in letter to Governor

A friendly brief on the intersection of Eighth Amendment juvenile sentencing jurisprudence and the federal sentencing guidelines

Three+ years after death sentencing, lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have "flagged roughly 30 issues" for his appeal

Could Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as a SCOTUS Justice, encourage his colleagues to take up acquitted conduct sentencing?

Notable discussion of clemency's past, present and possible future in DC on July 25

"Judicial Delegation"

A father's perspective on clemency and its potential (and limits)

"The Budgetary Effects of Ending Drug Prohibition"

Spotlighting a remarkably thoughtful federal sentence in a remarkably challenging setting

"Beyond Strict Scrutiny: Forbidden Purpose and the 'Civil Commitment' Power"

More old-school, tough-on-crime talk and thinking from Attorney General Jeff Sessions

"Setting the Record Straight: The Pardon Power is Part of the Rule of Law"