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...Assistant District Attorney Sabrina Margret Bierer © The Ohio State University Bettering Prosecutorial Engagement to Reduce Crime, Prosecutions, and the Criminal Justice Footprint ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SABRINA MARGRET BIERER Attorney-in-Charge of Legislative Affairs, Manhattan District...

...Dan Freed © The Ohio State University Panel II: The Effects of Region, Circuit, Caseload and Prosecutorial Policies on Disparity Notes from the Symposium Organizers The Symposium Organize rs convened Pane l II to discus s inter-district dis parities in federal sentencing , particularly what...

... and political pressure that affect the elections of judges and prosecutors. However, research has found that lower independence and higher accountability through elections does not necessarily come to bear as expected due to unique characteristics of judicial and prosecutorial elections. Given the potential...

...Lynn D. Lu © The Ohio State University Prosecutorial Discretion and Racial Disparities in Federal Sentencing: Some Views of Former U.S. Attorneys LYNN D. LU Katz Fellow & Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law* The federal criminal sentencing system is notorious both for its...

...Douglas A. Berman; Steven L. Chanenson © The Ohio State University EDITORS OBSERVATIONS Taking Stock of Changing Prosecutorial Policies DOUGLAS A. BERMAN & STEVEN L. CHANENSON FSR Editors Elections have consequences is a phrase politicians and political scientists often incant when...

... agenda, to a renewed commitment to the historically close relationship between pardon and the justice system, and even to a transformation of the Justice Department’s unforgiving prosecutorial culture. © The Ohio State University Pardon power federal prosecutors president Justice Department...

... to reverse the explosive growth of imprisonment over the last three decades, is by no means assured. Many of the factors that produced mass incarceration, including the structure of sentencing laws, prosecutorial attitudes, policing practices and court routines remains very much intact. This essay recommends...

... much less use of custodial sentences by employing alternatives such as prosecutorial diversion, fines and day fines as the sole sanction, suspended custodial sentences, and community service or training orders imposed as conditions of probation. These European practices should not be dismissed...

... in prosecutorial–not judicial–practices, to which sentencing judges may appropriately respond. The Commission also heard testimony advocating other legislative changes that would preserve judicial flexibility but lower severity levels, simplify the system, enhance the reliability of fact-finding, and insulate...

.... jurisdictions, including Chicago, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. They have instituted a host of often dramatic changes. To date, smaller jurisdictions and less urban areas of the country have been little impacted by this prosecutorially driven move toward criminal justice reform. This Issue...

... effect on prosecutorial misconduct, to provide an incentive to defendants to raise misconduct claims, and to serve, as the Supreme Court had urged in Santobello v. New York, the interests of justice and appropriate recognition of the duties of the prosecution4 The remedy adopted in the Dicus decision...

... sentencing. Policymakers interested in redressing racial disparity today should pay much closer attention to mandatory minimums and their effects on prosecutorial and judicial decisions4 BJS and Abt return to the eld. In this context of innovation and greater scrutiny, the Racial Disparities Working Group...

..., while restraining that discretion within the Guideline framework. Third, prosecutorial influence over sentencing outcomes, which the Guideline system in real-world practice had greatly enhanced,7 remains substantial. Booker leaves unaffected the role in our criminal process of plea bargaining, including...

... the Guideline framework. Third, prosecutorial in uence over sentencing outcomes, which the Guideline system in real-world practice had greatly enhanced,7 remains substantial. Booker leaves unaffected the role in our criminal process of plea bargaining, including most particularly charge and sentence bargaining...

... and difficult job, which virtually all approach seriously and honorably. However, even prosecutors may not fully understand their own impact on sentencing, in part because of a dearth of data and analysis. Prosecutorial data can help in the evaluation of prosecutorand investigator-based decisions and perhaps...

... an offender and then release him by commuting his sentence? Ó1 So commented a long-time federal narcotics prosecutor about the appropriateness of the January 2001 Clinton pardons of a dozen or more non-violent drug offenders. Contrary to this stereotypical prosecutorial reaction, there are sound reasons...

... not measure. © The Ohio State University data transparency prosecution criminal justice criminal justice reform racial justice equal justice Prosecutorial Performance Indicators Seeking Racial Justice Through Data in 2021 and Beyond The year 2020 was one of the most tumultuous in recent...

... cases in federal court, almost always obtaining a conviction, almost always after the defendant pleads guilty. This was true ve years ago, fteen years ago, and 50 years ago. The scale of activity has waxed and waned, prosecutorial priorities emphasizing one crime over another have uctuated...

... a periodic review of the inordinate length of time given offenders who were subject to many years of custody. Lastly, I expressed concern over the extent to which prosecutorial discretion was displacing judicial discretion in determining a fair sentence. On re ection, I can see where some of my concerns...

... be dif cult to imagine federal prosecutors as leaders in the criminal justice reform movement. Nonetheless, it is worth thinking now about ways that attorneys at Main Justice and the U.S. Attorneys Of ces could participate in prosecutorial reform and perhaps even take up the vanguard one day. This essay...