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...Ann Aiken © The Ohio State University Re ections on What Works with the Reentry Courts in the District of Oregon ANN AIKEN* U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon I. Background: The Need for Reentry Courts There is an old joke: How many federal judges does it take to change...

..., the federal courts, and the District of Columbia. The majority of these systems have also replaced parole release discretion with defined good-time reductions for compliance with prison disciplinary rules and assigned prison programming, and this combination of sentencing and parole reform has been endorsed...

...John S. Goldkamp; Michael D. White; Jennifer B. Robinson An Honest Chance: Perspectives on Drug Courts Findings From Drug Court Participant Focus Groups in Brooklyn, Las Vegas, Miami, Portland, San Bernardino, and Seattle April 2002 EditorÕs Note: In a recent issue, FSR publis hed a de bate...

.... Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3475; (215) 399-0980; (215) 399-0987 (fax); [email protected] (e-mail). A Sober Assessment of Drug Courts1 Drug courts work the research proves it and there are science-based reasons for the research findings . . . But just as compelling as the outcome...

... the Supreme Court s January 2005 decision in United States v. Booker1 transformed the federal sentencing guidelines from mandates to advice, many commentators urged Congress to allow the advisory guideline system created by Booker to remain in place for a period of time. The near consensus recommendation...

...Roger K. Warren © The Ohio State University Evidence-Based Sentencing in the State Courts JUDGE (RET.) ROGER K. WARREN Written Statement to the United States Sentencing Commission Alternatives To Incarceration Panel, Chicago, Illinois September 10, 2009 My area of interest and experience...

...Gray Proctor; Nancy King © The Ohio State University Post Padilla: Padilla s Puzzles for Review in State and Federal Courts I. Introduction Federal law provides that noncitizens convicted of designated crimes may be deported from the country, barred from returning, and denied the opportunity...

...Christian L. Reismeier © The Ohio State University Awesome, Plenary, and De Novo: Appellate Review of Courts-Martial Most lawyers familiar with appellate review will recognize certain aspects of the military s appellate review system. As a general matter, convictions may be reviewed...

...Kristine A. Huskey © The Ohio State University Reconceptualizing the Crime in Veterans Treatment Courts KRISTINE A. HUSKEY* Professor of Practice and Director of the Veterans Advocacy Law Clinic, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law We should do more than sing the praises...

...Carissa Byrne Hessick; F. Andrew Hessick © The Ohio State University Rita, Claiborne, and the Courts of Appeals Attachment to the Sentencing Guidelines This term the United States Supreme Court has granted review in Rita v. United States1 and Claiborne v. United States.2 Both cases arise from...

...Alexandra A.E. Shapiro; Nathan H. Seltzer © The Ohio State University Guidelines or Higher: NYCDL s Study of Reasonableness Review Patterns Reveals the Courts of Appeals Aversion to Parsimony Introduction In United States v. Booker, the Supreme Court declared the Federal Sentencing Guidelines...

...Eric J. Miller © The Ohio State University The Therapeutic Effects of Managerial Reentry Courts Of the over two million people in state and federal prisons and jails,1 about 630,000 are released annually back into the poor, inner-city communities from which they are drawn.2 More than one...

...Claire McCaskill © The Ohio State University Next Steps in Breaking the Cycle of Reoffending: A Call for Reentry Courts SENATOR CLAIRE MCCASKILL* (D-MO) I. Introduction When I was elected prosecutor for Jackson County, Missouri, in 1992 the Kansas City area, like so many other urban areas...

...Kevin Washburn © The Ohio State University Reconsidering the Commission s Treatment of Tribal Courts I. Introduction Since the U.S. Sentencing Commission first enacted the federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Guidelines have treated tribal courts in a manner that is impossible to reconcile...

...Bruce D. Black © The Ohio State University Commentary on Reconsidering the Commission s Treatment of Tribal Courts BRUCE D. BLACK U.S. District Judge, District of New Mexico Professor Kevin Washburn refers to the jurisdictional maze in Indian country which requires each crime be analyzed...

...Charles Kornmann © The Ohio State University Commentary on Reconsidering the Commission s Treatment of Tribal Courts CHARLES KORNMANN U.S. District Judge, District of South Dakota I do not believe the advisory guidelines should be amended to treat tribal court convictions the same...

...Judge Morris B. Hoffman © The Ohio State University Drug Courts and the Myth of the Addict s Diseased Brain In the 15 years since I had the pleasure of sharing my criticisms of drug courts with readers of the Federal Sentencing Reporter,1 not much has changed with drug courts. They continue...

...John V. Butcher Federal Courts and theNative American Sex Offender Native Americans are prosecuted at a higher rateforsex abuse offenses thanforany otherfederalcrime.W1 hile infiscal 1999, sex abuse convictions representedonly 0. 4% ofdefendants sentencedunder theUnited States SentencingGuidelines...

...Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City © The Ohio State University State s Attorney Mosby Urges Governor to Take Action on Courts, Prisons, and Jails: New Decarceral Guidelines Announced in Light of COVID-19 Spread OFFICE OF THE STATE S ATTORNEY FOR BALTIMORE CITY Baltimore, MD...

...John Scalia, Jr. © The Ohio State University The Impact of Changes in Federal Law and Policy on the Sentencing of, and Time Served in Prison by, Drug Defendants Convicted in U.S. District Courts JOHN SCALIA, JR.* Mr. Scalia is the statistician for the Office of the Detention Trustee, U.S...