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...Michael M. O’Hear When Voters Choose the Sentence: The Drug Policy Initiatives in Arizona, California, Ohio, and Michigan Direct democracy has played an increasingly important role in state sentencing policy over the past decade. In the 1990Õs, voters in several states adopted three-strikes...

... Ohio Drug Treatment Initiative Be it resolved by the people of the State of Ohio that Article IV of the Ohio Constitution is amended to add the following section: Section 24 A. Intents and purposes. The purposes and intent of the voters in adding this section to the Ohio constitution...

...Sara Andrews Criminal Justice and Drug Sentencing Reform in Ohio after Issue 1 Drug sentencing reform and criminal justice policymaking in Ohio feels like Groundhog Day,1 and this piece explains why by delving into the details of Issue 12 in 2018, examining its similarity with, ironically enough...

...Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University; Kyle Strickland; Kelly Capatosto; Leigha Grosh; Cyan Blackwell Race & Criminal Justice Ohio Issue 1 and Beyond KIRWAN INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY KYLE STRICKLAND Senior...

...Tim Young © The Ohio State University Rewriting the Ohio Criminal Code: Success, Failure, and Lessons Learned TIM YOUNG Ohio Public Defender I. A Criminal Code Gone Wrong Ohio, heart of the Midwest, and until the 2016 presidential election, a bellwether state for the nation. Politically...

...Sara Andrews © The Ohio State University Sentencing in the Heartland: A Perspective from Ohio SARA ANDREWS Director, Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission The American Midwest (also known as the Heartland) is both a geographical group of states and an ideology of hard work, community, rural...

...Sara Andrews Abstract The complex, intricate process of felony sentencing in Ohio makes ensuring clear, comprehendible sentences of the utmost import for the administration of justice and promoting confidence in the system. As such, for more than a year, the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission...

...Daniel J. Dew Issue 1 Died, Ohio s Criminal Justice Reform Lives I. Introduction After a contentious campaign, Issue 1, Ohio s proposed constitutional amendment to reform the state s criminal drug and sentencing laws, was defeated resoundingly last November in a statewide ballot initiative...

...Scott A. Anderson Abstract In her recent State of the Judiciary Address, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor promoted a statewide sentencing database as a means for securing equal access to justice for all Ohioans. Chief Justice O’Connor argued that, to ensure confidence...

...Justice Michael P. Donnelly; Judge Gene A. Zmuda; Judge Pierre H. Bergeron Abstract We are Ohio state court judges with actual experience in imposing and/or reviewing criminal felony sentences. We are unaware of any expressed objection by Ohio’s judiciary to having more relevant information...

...LaTonya Myers An edited and condensed version of remarks delivered by LaTonya Myers as a panelist at the “Drug Testing and Community Supervision: Interrogating Policy, Practice, and Purpose” convening in Columbus, Ohio, in November 2023. Myers discusses her experiences—mostly negative—of probation...

... in half since 2017. Below is an edited and condensed version of remarks delivered by Rud as a panelist at the “Drug Testing and Community Supervision: Interrogating Policy, Practice, and Purpose” convening in Columbus, Ohio, in November 2023. © The Ohio State University Hennepin County probation...

... the passing of recreational marijuana laws in places like Michigan to the attempt to pass sweeping drug sentencing reform through Ohio’s Ballot Issue. When examined, these efforts at reform consensus show that agreement on the need for reform does not show agreement on the purpose of reform. This lack of true...

... and state. And he was always open to good ideas even when they came from younger lawyers, whom he regarded as valued colleagues. Mr. Naftalis also recounts Marvin’s last Supreme Court argument in the Ohio School Vouchers case. Shortly before the argument, Marvin had been stricken with a malignancy...

...Douglas A. Berman © The Ohio State University Exploring the Theory, Policy, and Practice of Fixing Broken Sentencing Guidelines I. A Basic Theory of Broken Sentencing Guidelines DOUGLAS BERMAN A. Some Sentencing Guidelines are broken. To be more complete and to borrow liberally from the Bard...

...Douglas A. Berman The 1994 Crime Bill: Legacy and Lessons Tough and Smart: Federal Sentencing Provisions of the 1994 Crime Bill DOUGLAS A. BERMAN Co-Managing Editor of the Federal Sentencing Reporter and Newton D. Baker Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College...

... A. BERMAN Co-Managing Editor of the Federal Sentencing Reporter and Newton D. Baker Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law This essay is adapted from Professor Berman s speech upon receiving the Richard P. Kern Memorial Award from the National Association...

...Douglas A. Berman © The Ohio State University EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS Federal Sentencing Reform, Fast and Slow DOUGLAS A. BERMAN FSR Co-Managing Editor Robert J. Watkins/Procter & Gamble Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Nobel Prize winning psychologist Daniel...

... The Ohio State University alternatives to incarceration U.S. Sentencing Commission federal sentencing guidelines sentencing judges alternative sentencing EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS A New Alternatives Agenda for the U.S. Sentencing Commission? DOUGLAS A. BERMAN Co Managing Editor, FSR Newton D. Baker...

...-based supervision. © The Ohio State University drug screening overdose crisis substance use disorder drug treatment reentry supervision community-based crime prevention Drug Court formerly incarcerated persons Drug Screenings in Practice: Narratives from People on Parole and Probation...