Douglas Cogan

Anyone eager to speculate about Oklahoma capital cases with cert finally denied after so many relists?

Supreme Court grants cert in potentially big Second Amendment case out of New York City

What might Martin Luther King seek as the next step in federal criminal justice reform?

Challenges facing federal prisons and prisoners ... from FIRST STEP Act implementation to shutdown dynamics

"Sharks and Minnows in the War on Drugs: A Study of Quantity, Race and Drug Type in Drug Arrests"

DC Circuit showcases Second Amendment's second-class status by holding very old, non-violent felony eliminates right to keep arms

"Positive Sanctions versus Imprisonment"

Former Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke sentenced in state court to only 81 months for murder of Laquan McDonald

US Sentencing Commission releases two new documents on FIRST STEP Act

"Impact of Risk Assessment on Judges’ Fairness in Sentencing Relatively Poor Defendants"

Big symposium on Lockett v. Ohio now published via University of Akron School of Law Constitutional Law Center

NY Times op-ed explores "How to Make New York as Progressive on Criminal Justice as Texas"

"Mens Rea Reform and Its Discontents"