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... © The Ohio State University 12.FSR.17.5_341.qxd 9/20/05 9:14 AM Page 341 Principles for the Design and Reform of Sentencing Systems I. General Principles 1. The principal goals of a sentencing system should be appropriate punishment and crime control. A. Punishment should be proportional...

...United States Sentencing Commission; Executive Summary © The Ohio State University 08.FSR17.4_269-276.qxd 7/12/05 1:44 PM Page 269 Fifteen Years of Guidelines Sentencing: An Assessment of How Well the Federal Criminal Justice System Is Achieving the Goals of Sentencing Reform The Sentencing...

...Frank O. Bowman, III © The Ohio State University Observations on the Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Provisions of S. 2123, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 FRANK O. BOWMAN, III Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law Note...

...Frank O. Bowman, III © The Ohio State University EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS Dispatches from Two Fronts of the Battle for Sentencing Reform: Parole and Federal Sentencing Legislation FRANK O. BOWMAN, III Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law University of Missouri School of Law...

...Judge Andrew S. Effron; Jonathan J. Wroblewski Abstract In recently-enacted legislation, Congress drew upon the 35-year experience with sentencing reform in the federal civilian criminal courts to reform significant aspects of the sentencing process in the military justice system. The article...

...Barry L. Johnson © The Ohio State University The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 and the Prospects for Federal Sentencing Reform BARRY L. JOHNSON Professor, Oklahoma City University School of Law Introduction The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (ÒCAFRAÓ) was a signiÞcant...

...Ames Grawert; Priya Raghavan © The Ohio State University Criminal Justice Reform Must Start with Sentencing Reform I. Introduction** In an unpredictable political season, Congress nonetheless seems poised to pass a criminal justice reform bill. That s the good news. The bad news...

...Molly Gill © The Ohio State University Threading the Needle: The FIRST STEP Act, Sentencing Reform, and the Future of Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy I. Introduction Shortly after Donald Trump s election to the presidency, a journalist contacted me and asked for my opinion on the prospects...

...Mark Bergstrom; Frank Dermody; Steven L. Chanenson; Jordan Hyatt © The Ohio State University The Next Era of Sentencing Reform . . . Revisited* Pennsylvania has long been an innovator in sentencing and corrections. The Keystone State was not only a pioneering indeterminate jurisdiction meaning...

...Roger K. Warren © The Ohio State University A Tale of Two Surveys: Judicial and Public Perspectives on State Sentencing Reform JUDGE ROGER K. WARREN President Emeritus, National Center for State Courts There is heightened interest today in the subject of state sentencing reform...

...Jon O. Newman © The Ohio State University Remembering Marvin Frankel: Sentencing Reform But Not These Guidelines The death of former Judge Marvin E. Frankel on March 3 of this year is an occasion to celebrate his enormous contribution to the reform of sentencing law and to correct...

...Douglas A. Berman © The Ohio State University EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS Deciphering a Rosetta Stone of Sentencing Reform DOUGLAS A. BERMAN FSR Editor; Associate Professor of Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law There is so much that can and should be said about the so-called...

...Douglas A. Berman © The Ohio State University EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS Locating the Feeney Amendment in a Broader Sentencing Reform Landscape DOUGLAS A. BERMAN FSR Editor; Associate Professor of Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law A year has now passed since the Feeney...

...Aaron Rappaport © The Ohio State University What the Supreme Court Should Do: Save Sentencing Reform, Gut the Guidelines AARON RAPPAPORT Editor, Federal Sentencing Reporter; Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. The legal community has been deeply troubled...

...Edward M. Kennedy © The Ohio State University Sentencing Reform An Evolutionary Process Originally published in Vol. 3, No. 5 (1991) of Federal Sentencing Reporter EDWARD M. KENNEDY Senior Senator, Massachusetts In 1977, I contributed the foreword for a book entitled Toward a Just...

...Douglas A. Berman; Steven L. Chanenson © The Ohio State University EDITORS OBSERVATIONS Three Spheres of Sentencing Reform DOUGLAS A. BERMAN FSR Co-Managing Editor; Newton D. Baker-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law STEVEN L. CHANENSON FSR Co...

...Douglas A. Berman; Steven L. Chanenson © The Ohio State University EDITORS OBSERVATIONS Learning from Recent State Drug Sentencing Reform Efforts DOUGLAS A. BERMAN FSR Co-Managing Editor; Newton D. Baker-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law STEVEN L...

...Sara Andrews © The Ohio State University 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...

...Marjorie J. Peerce; Brad Gershel © The Ohio State University 1980s Sentencing Reform and Its Impact on Federal Plea Bargaining and the Trial Penalty I. Introduction U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once described plea bargaining as a way to beat the house, that is, to serve less time...

...Michael Vitiello © The Ohio State University Still Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Sentencing Reform in California The reform of California s corrections and sentencing system has made substantial progress, but a permanent solution to overcrowding and its consequences still remains...