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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2020) 32 (4): 239.
Published: 01 April 2020
...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...
View articletitled, Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx Announces Office Will Not Prosecute Non-Violent, Low-Level <span class="search-highlight">Drug</span> <span class="search-highlight">Offenses</span> Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: All charges continue to be reviewed and prioritized on a case-by-case basis to protect public health and safety during reduced court operations
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Federal Drug Offenses: Departures from Sentencing Guidelines and Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Fiscal Years 1999––2001: October 24, 2003
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2003) 16 (2): 141–142.
Published: 01 December 2003
...United States General Accounting Office © The Ohio State University Federal Drug Offenses: Departures from Sentencing Guidelines and Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Fiscal Years 1999 2001 October 24, 2003 Editor s Note: Before the Feeney Amendment was passed or even proposed, Representatives F...
View articletitled, Federal <span class="search-highlight">Drug</span> <span class="search-highlight">Offenses</span>: Departures from Sentencing Guidelines and Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Fiscal Years 1999––2001: October 24, 2003
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So Much Still to Understand about the Drug War’s Sentencing Offensive
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 34 (1): 1.
Published: 01 October 2021
...Douglas A. Berman © The Ohio State University EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS So Much Still to Understand about the Drug War s Sentencing Offensive DOUGLAS A. BERMAN This Issue of FSR emerges from a call for papers in conjunction with a conference on Understanding Drug Sentencing and Its Contributions...
View articletitled, So Much Still to Understand about the <span class="search-highlight">Drug</span> War’s Sentencing <span class="search-highlight">Offensive</span>
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Public Support for Using “Second Chance” Mechanisms to Reconsider Long-Term Prison Sentences for Drug Crimes
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 34 (1): 71–79.
Published: 01 October 2021
...) how levels of support, and reasons for support, may vary depending on the type of drug-related offense. Results show moderate levels of support for using second chance mechanisms, both generally and in relation to specific strategies commonly available across jurisdictions, for a range of drug...
View articletitled, Public Support for Using “Second Chance” Mechanisms to Reconsider Long-Term Prison Sentences for <span class="search-highlight">Drug</span> Crimes
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Unfinished Business: Revisiting the Drug Conversion Tables and Their Treatment of MDMA
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2022) 35 (1): 24–26.
Published: 01 October 2022
... Tables, particularly with respect to MDMA (or “Ecstasy”). The Drug Conversion Tables play an essential role in determining sentences for drug offenses, the most commonly prosecuted category of federal crimes. These tables have resulted in severe sentencing disparities for similar offenses—they have been...
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Overview of State Sentencing Commissions’ Drug Data Reporting Practices
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 33 (4): 252–258.
Published: 01 April 2021
...Benjamin L. Chanenson Abstract Data are essential for good sentencing policy. It is impossible to act intelligently without knowing what is happening on the ground. This is especially true with drug offenses, which drive a significant portion of prosecutions and sentences every year. Accessible...
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A Perspective on the Proposed Amendments to the Drug Distribution Guideline
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2014) 26 (4): 252–257.
Published: 01 April 2014
... sentencing ranges that are calculated through the drug distribution guideline. Although the proposed almost-across-the-board offense level reduction is laudable, the Commission should go further in its amendment of the drug distribution guideline. First, the proposed amendment reduces most of the offense...
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More Justice from Justice: The DOJ’s Latest Charging, Plea, and Sentencing Policies
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2023) 35 (3): 153–156.
Published: 01 February 2023
... prosecutors to “promote the equivalent treatment of crack and powder cocaine offenses.” The Drug Memo directs prosecutors to charge crack offenses as if they were cocaine offenses by using the quantity for cocaine rather than crack. © The Ohio State University Justice Department charging policies...
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The Conspiracy of Drug Weight and the Case of MDLEA Defendants
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2025) 37 (2): 138–142.
Published: 01 May 2025
...Mona Lynch Abstract The federal sentencing guidelines for drug trafficking offenses use the metric of drug weight as a proxy for culpability in determining the seriousness of the offense. In light of the insights offered by McSweeney et al. in their report (in this issue) on the over-punishment...
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 34 (1): 29–43.
Published: 01 October 2021
...—at least with federal drug trafficking offenses—that the Commission did not fulfill that directive. The magnitude of that failure (coupled with some of Congress’s own misguided decisions) has previously been highlighted by the evolution of federal crack sentencing policies, the Fair Sentencing Act...
View articletitled, Crack 2.0: Federal Methamphetamine Sentencing Policy, the Crack/Meth Sentencing Disparity, and the Meth/Meth-Mixture Ratio—Why <span class="search-highlight">Drug</span> Type, Quantity, and Purity Remain “Incredibly Poor Proxies” for Sentencing Culpability Under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b) and U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1.
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The King Is Dead, Long Live the King: Booker v. United States and Its Place in the History of Federal Sentencing Law and Policy
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2025) 37 (1): 54–60.
Published: 01 February 2025
... was criticized for being overly complex, overly harsh, and overly reliant on such quantifiable offense factors as drug quantity and loss and for helping create a system of ever-growing plea bargaining and the “vanishing” jury trial. Twenty years after Booker , the system is even more complex. It is still overly...
View articletitled, The King Is Dead, Long Live the King: Booker v. United States and Its Place in the History of Federal Sentencing Law and Policy
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Good Data, Good Law
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 33 (4): 262–264.
Published: 01 April 2021
... population, and number of life-years individuals would regain by avoiding incarceration. Recidiviz calculated that if Virginia eliminated mandatory minimums for drug sales offenses only, over the next five years, it could avoid a cumulative $11.6 million in incarceration costs, give 360 years of life back...
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Why Are Federal Meth Sentences Getting Longer?
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 34 (1): 44–62.
Published: 01 October 2021
...Jake J. Smith Abstract While sentence lengths for most federal drug trafficking offenses have decreased in recent years, methamphetamine sentences are moving in the opposite direction, lengthening by 12% between FY2015 and FY2019. Using data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission and other sources, I...
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2025) 37 (2): 103–122.
Published: 01 May 2025
...Kendra McSweeney; Mat Coleman; Douglas A. Berman Abstract In the U.S. federal criminal justice system, sentencing guidelines for drug-related offenses are pegged to drug type and quantity. This research explores sentencing for a group of federal drug offenders who are found with unusually large...
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Three Steps Toward Fairer Drug Guidelines
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2011) 23 (4): 273–276.
Published: 01 April 2011
.... This commentary suggests three ways in which the Commission should revise the Guidelines for drug offenses as part of the Commission s continuing quest for fairness and its dialogue with all stakeholders. First, the authors heartily commend the Commission on its proposal for a 2-level reduction for all drug...
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Reclassified: State-Drug Law Reforms to Reduce Felony Convictions and Increase Second Chances
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2019) 31 (3): 195–207.
Published: 01 February 2019
... details of reclassi cation, the potential impact of the reforms, and lessons for other states looking to adopt similar changes to their drug laws. Why Felony Convictions Matter Over the past four decades, the number of people convicted of a felony offense has grown substantially, driven in part...
View articletitled, Reclassified: State-<span class="search-highlight">Drug</span> Law Reforms to Reduce Felony Convictions and Increase Second Chances
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A Change of Course: Developments in State Sentencing Policy and Their Implications for the Federal System
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2009) 22 (1): 48–52.
Published: 01 October 2009
... the length of stay. I. The Prison Construction Boom In the 1980s, the contemporary war on drugs began in earnest, leading to a spike in arrests for narcotics offenses, tougher mandatory penalties of incarceration, reduced access to parole, and consequently, increased pressure on lawmakers and prison...
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The 1994 Crime Bill: Legacy and Lessons – Tough and Smart: Federal Sentencing Provisions of the 1994 Crime Bill
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2020) 32 (3): 178–180.
Published: 01 February 2020
... mandatory minimum penalties were relatively uncommon for classes of federal offenses, and Congress had previously repealed most mandatory minimum provisions for drug offenses in 1970.1 But sharply rising crime in the 1970s and 1980s led to criticism of rehabilitation-oriented sentencing practices...
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Pandemic, Social Unrest, and Crime in U.S. Cities
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2020) 33 (1-2): 72–82.
Published: 01 October 2020
... offenses in 27 US cities during the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest over police violence. Not all cities reported data for each offense. Residential burglaries, larcenies, and drug offenses fell signi cantly during the pandemic. Residential burglary dropped by 20% between February and June 2020...
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Changing Direction? State Sentencing Reforms 2004-2006
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2007) 19 (4): 253–260.
Published: 01 April 2007
... to limit prison population growth build upon a trend first evident several years ago.3 At the same time, both established and newly enacted sentencing policies continue to exert upward pressure on prison populations in many states. These include the mandatory sentencing laws for drug and other offenses...
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