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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
...Colleen M. Berryessa Abstract Using a national sample of U.S. adults ( N = 371), this study experimentally examines (1) public support for the use of strategies that provide early release (i.e., “second chance” mechanisms) to individuals serving long-term prison sentences for drug crimes; and (2...
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President Biden at a Crossroads: Will He Choose the Path of Reform or the Path of Backlash?
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2022) 34 (4): 259–262.
Published: 01 April 2022
...Udi Ofer Abstract President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party are at a crossroads on the issue of criminal justice reform. Facing both a backlash and continued bipartisan support for many reforms, President Biden has so far chosen not to make criminal justice reform a priority for the White House...
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The Ohio Data Story in Three Part: The Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 33 (4): 237–239.
Published: 01 April 2021
... with enthusiastic interest and support from judges and courts throughout the state. Our modest, incremental path will ultimately yield high dividends in building public trust in criminal justice processes and outcomes. At the same time, without fiscal or administrative burden, it will help give judges and decision...
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Sentencing Research Without USSC Data: Strategies and Lessons Learned
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2025) 37 (2): 123–128.
Published: 01 May 2025
... and corresponding insights into key aspects of sentencing, including disparities among codefendants and among judges within a common court. This article describes how we generated a dataset on more than 2,770 defendants without using USSC resources. Instead, we drew from the Public Access to Court Electronic Record...
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Overview of the Work of CCJ’s Task Force on Long Sentences
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2023) 36 (1-2): 1–3.
Published: 01 October 2023
... victims, incarcerated individuals, their families, and correctional staff. Drawing on sentencing data and comprehensive research, the Task Force developed 14 recommendations designed to enhance individual and systemic accountability, mitigate racial and ethnic disparities, better support crime victims...
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Punishing Criminals, The Public's View: An Alabama Survey
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2009) 21 (4): 291–293.
Published: 01 April 2009
... to crime and criminals takes leaders with courage. The Public Agenda survey was undertaken as one of several activities the Foundation is supporting in Alabama to help leaders bring their prison population in balance with their prison capacity. In supporting this study, the Clark Foundation sought to test...
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Punishing Criminals: Pennsylvanians Consider the Options
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2009) 21 (4): 294–297.
Published: 01 April 2009
... without public support. The best way to discover whether or not that support exists is to go to citizens directly with some of the questions confronting the justice system: If we can t afford to lock em up and throw away the key, is there a range of sanctions between simple probation and incarceration...
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Punitiveness Towards Users of Illicit Drugs: A Disparity between Actual and Perceived Attitudes
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2012) 24 (3): 217–221.
Published: 01 February 2012
... of fighting the drug problem (cited in Blendon & Young, 1998). Relative support for treatment and prevention rose from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s (Lock, Timberlake & Rasinski, 2002; Timberlake et al., 2003) and a 2001 poll showed that only 30 percent of the public now believes that the government should...
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Public Attitudes Toward Punishment, Rehabilitation, and Reform: Lessons from the Marquette Law School Poll
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2016) 29 (1): 47–51.
Published: 01 October 2016
...Michael M. O’Hear; Darren Wheelock © The Ohio State University Public Attitudes Toward Punishment, Rehabilitation, and Reform: Lessons from the Marquette Law School Poll Public support for tough sentencing policies rose sharply in the United States in the 1970s and remained high until the late...
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A Tale of Two Surveys: Judicial and Public Perspectives on State Sentencing Reform
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2009) 21 (4): 276–287.
Published: 01 April 2009
... objectives obtained the strongest and most widespread support of the state court leadership: To promote public safety and reduce recidivism through expanded use of evidence-based practices using programs that work, and offender risk and needs assessment tools To reduce overreliance on incarceration...
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Taking Stock: Reflections of Fifty Years of Crime and Punishment in America—Keynote Address Marking the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Criminal Justice Association, August 12, 2024
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2025) 37 (2): 160–168.
Published: 01 May 2025
... sentiment provides a backdrop for the emergence of the bipartisan coalition supporting justice reform in the early 2000s. 8 Given these realities—crime at low rates not seen in decades, public opinion no longer rating crime as an important national issue, and punitive sentiment at historic lows—we...
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Prioritizing Policy Before Practice After Booker
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2006) 18 (3): 167–169.
Published: 01 February 2006
... and how to account for an offender s greater economic gain in sentencing decisions, were inconsistent with public opinion.14 Perhaps the most noticeable deviation from public opinion Berk and Rossi identified involved the Guidelines harsh sentences for drug offenses: [T]here seems to be little support...
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Evolving Away from Evolving Standards of Decency
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2010) 23 (1): 87–91.
Published: 01 October 2010
....2 Graham represents the fourth time in the last eight years that the Supreme Court has found a societal consensus against a punishment that appeared to enjoy significant public support.3 Graham is the second case in the last two years in which the Court found a societal consensus against...
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Speech at Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City Award Presentation
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2017) 30 (1): 62.
Published: 01 October 2017
... Under President Trump, this Department of Justice will have your back. We will do all that we can to keep you safe and to promote public support for honorable of cers in your dangerous work. I call on everyone to remember that it s not our privileged communities that suffer the most from crime...
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Proposition 36: A Brief History
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2013) 25 (4): 263–264.
Published: 01 April 2013
... and violent felonies. Pre-election opinion polls indicated broad public support for Proposition 66. Only a strong last minute public awareness effort and a heavily funded ad campaign defeated the proposition by a 52.7 percent to 47.3 percent vote.8 Proposition 66 supporters vowed to continue their efforts...
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Should Clemency Decisions be Subject to a Reasons Requirement?
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2001) 13 (3-4): 150–153.
Published: 01 January 2001
..., rationally defensible part of our system of justice, as opposed to a gift that is arbitrarily bestowed by presidents, public support for its exercise would presumably increase. Second, a reasons requirement might facilitate the making of better clemency decisions. If a president contemplated justifying each...
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State Sentencing Reforms: Is the "Get Tough" Era Coming to a Close?
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2002) 15 (1): 50–52.
Published: 01 October 2002
..., these sentiments have gone largely untapped in political discourse. We now can see evidence of broad public support for such approaches, particularly in regard to drug-related offenses. CaliforniaÕs Proposition 36, for example, is a drug offender diversion initiative that was approved by more than 60...
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The Debate Around Parole Reform in California
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2010) 22 (3): 181–185.
Published: 01 February 2010
... was achieved very much by social design with the support of the voting public and with the full endorsement of California legislative bodies and state controlling agencies. Compounding this problem is the fact that the vast majority of the voting public has paid little attention to the state of affairs...
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Statement of Judge Paul Cassell on behalf of the Judicial Conference (June 2007)
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2007) 19 (5): 344–351.
Published: 01 June 2007
..., there appears to be some public support for mandatory minimum sentences. When people were asked if they supported a mandatory three-strikes law for offenders convicted of a third violent felony, almost 90 percent of Americans were in favor.38 But while mandatory minimum sentences enjoy widespread support...
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Statement of Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Project (June 2007)
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2007) 19 (5): 355–358.
Published: 01 June 2007
... effective approaches to public safety while prioritizing scarce prison resources for offenders who present a substantial threat to the public. These policy changes have generally been met with public support and there are no indications of any serious backlash to these developments. Therefore, Members...
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