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9 Mar 2012, 3:10 am by SHG
  Nothing against commenters here, but I'm jealous of Doug for getting such thoughtful and informative comments. [read post]
15 Feb 2007, 1:23 pm
In other words, Congress would conceivably have to alter rules that unfairly hike sentences for MANY defendants, not just these two.That's why I'm glad Doc Berman and many on the right are focusing on this. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 5:00 pm
The public, however, still wants their sensational crime news and I'm a believer in using the big flashy story to get a little tidbit about reform in front of a few eyeballs. [read post]
5 Sep 2008, 11:59 am
I merely found the results interesting and probative, so I'm sharing them.Questions raised by hedonics strike at core, first-order assumptions about the effects of punishment, some of which may turn out to be wholly incorrect. [read post]
Mitch Berman (University of Texas), guest-blogging) I started on Monday with a puzzle – what might be said in favor of enforcing at least some rules of sports less strictly at crunch time? [read post]
19 Jul 2008, 8:23 am
" The 18-year-old former West High School cheerleader, who had planned to go to Texas A&M University in the fall, pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter last week in the March 2007 alcohol-related crash that killed her 19-year-old cousin and best friend, Ashton Marek. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 6:02 am by SHG
  Doug Berman calls it prominent, which is likely do to the fact that it sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 6:04 am by SHG
Being a regular reader of Doug Berman's Sentencing Law & Policy, I've become acutely aware of the issue of alternative sentencing, ideas that not only serve legitimate sentencing purposes but prevent the needless incarceration of defendants for whom it's a burden on society and serves no useful purpose. [read post]
13 Feb 2010, 3:27 am by SHG
Doug Berman reports of a 10th Circuit decision reducing the sentences of $40 million Ponzi-schemers Norman Schmidt and Charles Lewis. [read post]
6 May 2010, 10:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" Writes Doug Berman, "As detailed in this NACDL press release, yesterday the Heritage Foundation and NACDL released a big report and recommendations on Capitol Hill concerning federal criminal law. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 7:03 am
Since the oral argument is today, I'm sure there will be a lot of coverage of the Kennedy case. [read post]
21 May 2007, 12:56 pm
I'm back from Chicago Kent where I attended the Back to the Future of Legal Research Symposium. [read post]