JD Supra

Sentencing Commission Data Tool Is Deeply Flawed

This past month, federal sentencing statistics became even more important for defense lawyers. The U.S. Sentencing Commission released the Judiciary Sentencing INformation platform, or JSIN — a new ...
JD Supra

Probation Nation? What Upcoming Changes to the Sentencing Guidelines Mean for Antitrust Defendants

The Antitrust Division's ("Division") long-held view is that "individual criminal sanctions, including prison sentences, are the single most effective deterrent to antitrust crimes." [1] Although the ...
Law

Federal Sentencing Amendment 821: Thousands of Prisoners May Be Affected

Federal Sentencing Amendment 821: Thousands of Prisoners May Be Affected This article focuses on an amendment to the sentencing guidelines which will allow defendants awaiting sentencing, and even ...
Jurist

The DOJ Opposition to the Proposed Sentencing Guideline Amendments: Fighting the Wrong Battles in Fraud Cases

JURIST Guest Columnist Randall D. Eliason of the George Washington University Law School discusses DOJ’s recent opposition to relaxed sentencing guidelines … At the hearing the US Department of ...
SCOTUSblog

Argument preview: How fully must a court explain a sentencing modification?

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Next Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court will consider the sentencing modification of a meth dealer, who obtained a sentencing ...