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... © The Ohio State University Life Sentences in the Federal System UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Washington, D.C. February 2015 Life imprisonment sentences are rare in the federal criminal justice system. Virtually all offenders convicted of a federal crime are released from prison...

...Douglas A. Berman © The Ohio State University EDITOR S OBSERVATION Can the Federal Criminal Justice System Effectively Identify and Respond to Modern Sentencing Hot Spots DOUGLAS A. BERMAN Robert J. Watkins/Procter & Gamble Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law...

...Troy K. Stabenow Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater: Congressional Efforts to Empower Victims Threaten the Integrity of the Military Justice System MAJOR TROY K. STABENOW* Judge Advocate, United States Army Reserves Assistant Federal Public Defender, Central Division, Western District...

...Jonathan J. Wroblewski; Sean M. Douglass © The Ohio State University Two Targeted, Back-End Reforms for the Federal Criminal Justice System JONATHAN J. WROBLEWSKI* Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Of ce of Legal Policy SEAN M. DOUGLASS Counsel, Department...

...The White House © The Ohio State University Economic Perspectives on Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System: Executive Summary (excerpted) Executive Summary Calls for criminal justice reform have been mounting in recent years, in large part due to the extraordinarily high levels...

...Susanne Walther © The Ohio State University Victims Rights in the German Court System The German criminal justice system is characterized by specific features that must be understood before we can properly appreciate the situation of the victim. The first of these principles is the principle...

...United States Sentencing Commission; Executive Summary © The Ohio State University 08.FSR17.4_269-276.qxd 7/12/05 1:44 PM Page 269 Fifteen Years of Guidelines Sentencing: An Assessment of How Well the Federal Criminal Justice System Is Achieving the Goals of Sentencing Reform The Sentencing...

...Nora V. Demleitner © The Ohio State University Alternative Visions for the Federal Criminal Justice and Corrections System: Is True Change Possible? States are guided by constitutions that enshrine their core values. Organizations write mission statements setting out their values and goals...

...Eric M. Freedman Abstract In the years ahead both the state and federal governments will have a shared interest in improving the fairness of state post-conviction review systems. Under Cullen v. Pinholster, 131 S. Ct. 1388 (2011) states' post-conviction rulings will be given considerable deference...

...Frank O. Bowman, III Abstract This article contends that the advisory guidelines system created by the Supreme Court's 200 decision in United States v. Booker should be replaced. It advances three arguments: First, the post- Booker advisory system is conceptually indefensible. It retains virtually...

...Darryl K. Brown © The Ohio State University La er, Frye and Our Still-Unregulated Plea Bargaining System In its 2010 decision in Padilla v. Kentucky,1 which recognized defense representation may be constitutionally inadequate if attorneys do not offer their clients some guidance...

...United States Sentencing Commission © The Ohio State University An Overview of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System (Sections 4 and 5) UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION July 2017 SECTION 4: RECENT CHANGES IN THE CHARGING OF MANDATORY MINIMUM OFFENSES Recent...

...Joyce White Vance © The Ohio State University The Desired Outcome of the Federal Criminal Justice System: More Statistics or Less Crime? I. Introduction Why do we have a criminal justice system? Any fourth grade class could tell you: it is to make their community safer. But sometimes...

...Morten Holmboe © The Ohio State University Alternative Sentence of Imprisonment for Unpaid Fines: Are the Rules Compatible with the Aims of the Norwegian Criminal Justice System? MORTEN HOLMBOE* I. Introduction: The Problem of Unpaid Fines When a person (over eighteen years old at the time...

...Marianne Kylstad Øster; Tore Rokkan © The Ohio State University The Norwegian Approach to Electronic Monitoring: Changing the System and Making a Difference I. Introduction In 2008, the year that electronic monitoring (EM) was rst implemented in Norway, 100 offenders were tagged. Ten years...

...Douglas A. Berman © The Ohio State University EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS The 2018 Debate over Statutory Reforms to the Federal Criminal Justice System DOUGLAS A. BERMAN FSR Co-Managing Editor; Newton D. Baker Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Signi...

...Evan Walker Abstract Under Washington state law, legal financial obligations (LFOs) are assessed to people that “use” the criminal legal system across the state. State courts have ruled on how taxes, fees, and user charges are assessed upon residents; however, imposition of LFOs is predominantly...

...Lisa Servon; Ava Esquier Women, Reentry, and the Financialization of the Criminal Justice System I didn t even care if I got arrested. All right, ne. Then I ll do time served, and then I won t have to pay that because I don t even have the money for it anyway. Where do they expect me to get...

... © The Ohio State University Booker and Durbin Introduce Legislation Aimed at Increasing Membership within U.S. Sentencing Commission (press release) Currently, the Commission fails to include representation from the public defender system U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Dick Durbin (D-IL...

...Miriam Krinsky; Monica Fuhrmann Abstract The federal community supervision system is in need of reforms that promote fairness and justice, and can look to changes and innovations in state and local level supervision as a guide to creating transformation. This article begins with a brief overview...