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29 Dec 2009, 2:55 am
And if 66% of all murders are committed by people who know their victim, there's little the police could do to stop it in any event.Doug Berman sees a similar lesson in these numbers for sentencing reform: First, New York state in recent years has been reducing its overall prison population and its incarceration rate. [read post]
26 Jun 2010, 8:11 am
Doug Berman reports on SL&P that the well-tattooed former drug user, now local Houston judge, Kevin Fine, will convene a hearing November 8 on whether the death penalty is forbidden by the Eighth Amendment under the theory that it presents too grave a risk that innocent people will be (and have been) executed. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 3:21 am
On the other hand, a system that coerces nearly all defendants to cop a plea rather than risk the trial tax has turned an adversary system into horse trading, even when the evidence stinks, constitutional rights have been mangled and/or the defendant is innocent.To put a cap on the silliness, I would be remiss not to mention the "headline" offered by Stephanos Bibas doing his best Doug Berman impression: Wowza! [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 8:43 am
" Doug Berman says the decision makes Skilling's recent win at the Supreme Court "pyrrhic," but there's still a long way to go before this saga is complete: Next up: Re-sentencing at the District Court.Geo Group corporate debt downgradedFor several years this blog has been following the growing debt burden of the Geo Group (formerly Wackenhut), which is one of the largest private prison operators. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 4:45 am
One common version of this story, as propounded by the influential legal scholar Harold Berman, asserts that Western civilization (including its incipient legal traditions) began in the 11th century AD with a return to the texts of three more primordial traditions: those of ancient Greece, Rome, and Israel. [read post]
17 May 2023, 3:17 am
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Black to 22 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 1:13 pm
Sentencing Law and Policy’s Douglas Berman suggests that as a former prosecutor, Justice Alito “may be more attentive than some other Justices to the potential echoes of [District of Columbia v. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 8:41 pm
Thanks to Doug Berman for bringing them to my attention. [read post]
11 Oct 2015, 6:09 am
But as Doug Berman notes, Andy’s attempt to justify mandatory minimums, using every trick in the rhetorical book, comes off more as parody than anything else. [read post]
2 Dec 2020, 7:51 am
Ballon Section 230 Keeps Platforms for Defamation and Threats Highly Profitable Ann Bartow Policy Architecture and Internet Freedom Jerry Berman Sex, Scandal and Intermediary Liability: Imagining Life Without ‘Zeran v. [read post]
27 Aug 2008, 6:05 am
Berman and Thomas M. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 6:34 am
Doug Berman of Sentencing Law and Policy offers the “early conclusion” that the two habeas reversals “reflect a desire by the Justices to give the Ninth Circuit a lesson about habeas review rather than a significant evolution in the jurisprudence of Sixth Amendment ineffectiveness claims. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 10:10 am
Many leading figures have written on it--Richard Epstein, Kathleen Sullivan, Seth Kreimer, and Mitch Berman, for starters--and I think it's fair to say that none has carried the day. [read post]
24 Aug 2021, 4:22 am
H/T Doug Berman [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 8:56 pm
Berman-Barrett (Nolo). [read post]
24 Oct 2016, 4:40 am
As Doug Berman highlights: Fresno prosecutor Nicole Galstan asked a judge on Friday to sentence Rene Lopez to 1,503 years in prison for raping his teenage daughter over a four-year period, ending in 2013. [read post]
15 Oct 2021, 6:42 am
View this document on Scribd View this document on Scribd Berman v. [read post]
29 May 2012, 2:14 pm
One common version of this story, as propounded by the influential legal scholar Harold Berman, asserts that Western civilization (including its incipient legal traditions) began in the 11th century AD with a return to the texts of three more primordial traditions: those of ancient Greece, Rome, and Israel. [read post]
26 Jun 2011, 5:56 am
Brigette Berman: movie on Hugh Hefner.An iconoclast who has been tearing down barriers. [read post]
31 Mar 2012, 6:00 am
I certainly can't match Doug Berman's speed or volume, but I hope you've enjoyed hearing about some different historical and contemporary angles on punishment and corrections, and hope you'll consider taking a look at the book, which covers much more. [read post]
