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22 May 2014, 6:12 am
The use of this kind of “acquitted conduct” at sentencing is controversial, but as co-blogger Paul Cassell has argued, the use of acquitted conduct does not necessarily violate the Court’s precedents: Ball can have no complaint here about the 19-year sentence that he received for distributing crack. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 10:34 am
On Wednesday, I blogged about the Supreme Court’s decision in Paroline v. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 9:53 am by Tom Smith
The Supreme Court has just released its decision in the Paroline case earlier this morning. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 10:14 am by SHG
This concern was bolstered when I saw that Paul Cassell, who argued on Amy’s behalf before the Supreme Court, posted her reaction at WaPo Conspiracy: [M]y co-counsel (James Marsh) and I have just had a chance to communicate with our client, Amy. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 8:18 am
The Supreme Court has just released its decision in the Paroline case earlier this morning. [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 6:41 am
On Friday,the 11th Circuit ruled that discovery can move forward in an important Crime Victims’ Rights Act case that my co-counsel, Brad Edwards, and I are pursuing. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 2:01 pm
A couple of weeks ago, Professor Doug Berman posted over at his Sentencing Law and Policy Blog about the sentencing of Antwuan Ball. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 10:00 pm
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 Liverpool soccer (or “football”) fans were crushed to death and 776 others were injured. [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 7:17 am by Jeff Welty
 former federal judge Paul Cassell writes here about a recent opinion by federal judge James Browning, concluding that the federal sentencing guidelines for drug offenses aren’t unduly harsh. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 4:08 am by SHG
At the WaPo Conspiracy, former federal judge cum victim’s rights advocate, Paul Cassell, who lost little sleep imposing guidelines sentences upon individuals who failed to meet his personal definition of victimhood, notes a decision out of the District of New Mexico. [read post]
24 Mar 2014, 1:15 pm
An important debate is brewing among two distinguished federal district judges over whether the federal Sentencing Guidelines for drug dealing are unduly harsh. [read post]
19 Mar 2014, 6:38 am
I don’t necessarily disagree with most of my co-blogger Paul Cassell’s analysis Tuesday of Antwuan Ball’s sentence. [read post]
11 Feb 2014, 3:41 pm
On Monday, I had the chance to testify before Utah’s House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee in support of H.B. 212, a bill that would allow for obtaining DNA samples from all persons arrested for felonies in Utah. [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 10:23 am
The recent overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman brings into sharper relief the issue decided by the Supreme Court last week in Burrage v. [read post]