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... © The Ohio State University r+i Case ofV. v.The United Kingdom and Case of T. v.The United Kingdom Editor'sNote: The cases belowarose out oftheinfamous Bulger case in Great Britain, where two 10-year-olds killed a toddlerT.he European Court ofHuman Rightsheard the twocases belowjointly...

...Cook County State’s Attorney © The Ohio State University Cook County State s Attorney Kimberly Foxx Announces Of ce Will Not Prosecute Non-Violent, Low-Level Drug Offenses Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic All charges continue to be reviewed and prioritized on a case-by-case basis to protect public...

...Ernest A. Young; Carina Cuellar © The Ohio State University Supranational Courts, Presidential Power, and the Medellín Case ERNEST A. YOUNG Judge Benjamin Harrison Powell Professor of Law, The University of Texas School of Law CARINA CUELLAR Harvard Law School Class of 2006 Legal globalization...

... of “boat defendants,” this article details how drug weight fails as a metric of culpability. I first outline how drug weight generally works in the context of federal drug case sentencing, including the different kinds of weight that can get counted against a given defendant. I then highlight the problems...

...Jessica A. Roth © The Ohio State University Rehaif v. United States: Once Again, a Gun Case Makes Surprising Law I. Introduction Gun cases often make surprising law,1 and the U.S. Supreme Court s June 2019 decision in Rehaif v. United States2 is no exception. Rehaif involved a defendant...

... © The Ohio State University The Feeney Frenzy: A Case Study in Actions and Reactions in the Politics of Sentencing BENSON B. WEINTRAUB & BENEDICT P. KUEHNE Benson B. Weintraub is Visiting Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School (starting January 2004) and specialist in federal sentencing...

...Mark Osler © The Ohio State University Ball in a Cup: The Case for Stability and Patience MARK OSLER Associate Professor of Law, Baylor Law School As a kid, something fascinated me about a marble in a round-bottomed cup. Release the ball from near the bottom of the cup and it wobbles back...

...Jalila Jefferson-Bullock © The Ohio State University Taking a Closer Look: A Case for Sentencing Reform The time is ripe for criminal sentencing reform.1 Decision makers on both sides of the aisle agree that prisons are bloated and bursting with prisoners; budgets are illendowed to support...

... valve mandatory minimums minimum mandatories prison overcrowding The Case For the Smarter Sentencing Act JOHN G. MALCOLM* Director, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, and Ed Gilbertson and Sherry Lindberg Gilbertson Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation [Mr. Malcolm s...

... that, for some serious crimes, a strong, rock-bottom sentence must be imposed. © The Ohio State University mandatory minimum sentences Smarter Sentencing Act crime punishment clemency The Case Against the Smarter Sentencing Act WILLIAM G. OTIS* Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law...

...Douglas A. Berman; Alyson S. White © The Ohio State University EDITORS OBSERVATIONS Looking at the Libby Case from a Sentencing Perspective DOUGLAS A. BERMAN Managing Editor, Federal Sentencing Reporter, William B. Saxbe Designated Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State...

...Mark D. Harris; Anna G. Kaminska © The Ohio State University EDITORS OBSERVATIONS Defending the White-Collar Case at Sentencing MARK D. HARRIS Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York; Editor, Federal Sentencing Reporter ANNA G. KAMINSKA Associate, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York Two major...

...Frederic L. Kirgis © The Ohio State University The Avena Case in the International Court of Justice and the U.S. Response I. Background The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, a multilateral treaty to which the United States, Mexico, and 164 other States (countries) are parties, requires...

...Sentencing Resource Counsel Project, Federal Public Defenders © The Ohio State University Sentencing Resource Counsel Project, Federal Public Defenders TRAC s Report Claiming Surprising Judge-to-Judge Variation Fails to Compare Similar Cases, Relies on Poor Quality Data, Uses an Unreliable...

.... 38. 1998 Sourcebook, supra note 20, at 20, fig. C. 41. 126 F.3d 789 (6th Cir. 1997). 42. U.S.S.G. §5C1.1 (2000). Guidelines Manual (2000) 43. 28 U.S.C. § 994(j) 44. 1999 Sourcebook, supra note 2, at 34, tbl. 16. 45. Id. 46. 13 Fed. Sent. Rep. 51 (2000). The Case...

...Mary Price © The Ohio State University A Case for Compassion MARY PRICE* Vice President and General Counsel, Families Against Mandatory Minimums Michael Mahoney died alone in a federal prison hospital on July 30, 2004. Despite appeals from family members, Families Against Mandatory Minimums...

... Compassionate Release Sentence Reduction Early Release Prison Sentencing Reform Sentencing Commission First Step Act Judicial Discretion Pandemic Compassionate Release and the Case for Improving Judicial Discretion over Early Release Decisions I. Introduction For decades, compassionate release...

...David B. Wexler © The Ohio State University Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Legal Landscapes, and FormTHERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE, LEGAL LANDSCAPES, AND FORMReform: The Case of Diversion I. INTRODUCTION At the University of Puerto Rico School of Law (UPR) in the fall term of the 2008-2009 academic...

... © The Ohio State University Memorandum Presenting the Case for Rapid Congressional Action in Response to Blakely v. Washington Editor s Note: At the Senate Judiciary Committee July 13, 2004 hearing on Blakely v. Washington and the Future of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, witnesses from...

...Elizabeth Rapaport © The Ohio State University The Georgia Immigration Pardons: A Case Study in Mass Clemency ELIZABETH R A PA P O R T Professor of Law, University of New Mexico. I would like to express my gratitude to Gabriel J. Chin, Cary Copeland, and Barbara Schwartz for generously sharing...