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...Faye S. Taxman © The Ohio State University Justice Reinvestment: Extending the Framework to Non-Justice Efforts FAYE S. TAXMAN* George Mason University Justice Reinvestment is an idea that emerged in the early 2000s and eventually grew into a joint federal-private partnership beginning in 2010...

...Alan Vinegrad; Douglas A. Berman Abstract United States Attorney General Merrick Garland issued new Department of Justice guidance for charging, plea, and sentencing policies via two memos: one providing general policies for all criminal cases and a second providing additional policies for drug...

...Ryan S. King Statement of Ryan King on Behalf of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, the Open Society Policy Center, Prison Reform International, and The Sentencing Project: Domestic Criminal Justice Issues in the United States and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...

.... 1997). Native Americans inSouth Dakota: An Erosion of Confidence inthe Justice System Editor'sNote: InMarch 2000, theSouthDakota Advisory Committee submitted a Statement of Concerns, Conclu sions, and Recommendations to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,whichwas supportedby 12ofthe13Committee...

... Views from the Sentencing Commission Statement of Vice-Chair JohnR. Steer on Drug Sentencing Policy and Trends before the House Governmental Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources May 11, 2000 Editors' Note: On May u, 2000, theHouse of Representa tivews...

...Daniel F. Wilhelm © The Ohio State University A Skeptical Eye and a Generous Heart : Perspectives on Daniel J. Freed from the Vera Institute of Justice In addition to Yale Law School, the other organization that many associate with Daniel J. Freed is the New York City based Vera Institute...

... © The Ohio State University Justice Department Memoranda Authorizing Fast-Track Programs U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Sept. 2003 May 2009 Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 318 338, ISSN 1053-9867 electronic ISSN 1533-8363. This material is in the public domain and may...

...Douglas A. Berman Abstract The remarkable events of 2020 have disrupted and altered all sorts of plans, and this issue of FSR covers some of the many varied criminal justice and sentencing echoes of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and urgent new calls for racial justice. The intense and dynamic...

...Council on Criminal Justice Task Force on Federal Priorities Next Steps: An Agenda for Federal Action on Safety & Justice COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE ON FEDERAL PRIORITIES Washington, DC May 2020 Foreword There is no higher calling for government leaders than protecting the safety...

...Adam Gelb Abstract Launched in 2019, the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) is an invitational membership organization and think tank that serves as a center of gravity and incubator of policy and leadership for the criminal justice field. Its mission is to advance understanding...

...Nora V. Demleitner EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS State Prosecutors at the Center of Mass Imprisonment and Criminal Justice Reform NORA V. DEMLEITNER Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University, Virginia Editor, Federal Sentencing Reporter Member, Citizens Advisory Committee...

...Assistant District Attorney Sabrina Margret Bierer 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 Attorney s Of ce I. Introduction...

...Susan Turner Joan Petersilia: Her Legacy in Criminal Justice Research and Policy SUSAN TURNER Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine Director, Center for Evidence-Based Corrections On September 23, 2019, the eld of criminology lost one of our...

...Michael S. Nachmanoff; Amy Baron-Evans Booker Five Years Out: Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Department of Justice Charging Policies Continue to Distort the Federal Sentencing Process Michael S. Nachmanoff Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia Amy BaronEvans Sentencing Resource...

...John J. Cullerton; Peter G. Baroni; Daniel S. Mayerfeld; Ryan J. Rohlfsen; Paul H. Tzur New Law Creates Sentencing Policy Advisory Council to Improve the Illinois Criminal Justice System Legislation creating the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council (SPAC) unanimously passed both houses...

...Eric H. Jaso © The Ohio State University Letter of Department of Justice to U.S. Sentencing Commission Regarding Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Guidelines Amendments, October 1, 2002 Honorable Diana E. Murphy Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission Washington, D.C. Dear Judge Murphy, The United States...

...Eric H. Jaso © The Ohio State University U.S. Justice Department Statement on Guidelines Amendments Responsive to Sarbanes-Oxley Act, December 18, 2002 Honorable Diana E. Murphy Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission Washington, D.C. Dear Judge Murphy: On behalf of the Department of Justice, we...

... © The Ohio State University Senate Judiciary Committee, Criminal Justice Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on ª Oversight of the United States Sentencing Commission: Are the Guidelines Being Followed?º October 13, 2000 EditorÕs Note: In Fall 2000, the Senate Judic iary Committee convened a he...

... © The Ohio State University Letters to Congress from Sentencing Commissioners, Judicial Conference and Chief Justice Rehnquist EditorÕs Note: The following four letters were sent to Senators Orrin G. Hatch and Patrick J. Leahy by past and present members of the U.S. Sentencing Commission...

... © The Ohio State University Letter from Justice Department Supporting Original Feeney Amendment EditorÕs Note: The following letter sent by Jamie Brown on behalf of the Department of Jus tice sets forth DOJÕs defe ns e of the terms of the original Feeney AmendmentÕs substantive provisions...