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The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Spencer Cooper now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: I estimate the causal effect of mandatory minimum (MM) eligibility on ...

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This press release from the Buraeu of Prisons earlier this week reports on a notable development inside the BOP. The heading of the press release provides the basics: "Director Marshall Launches FSA ...

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« A mid-summer morning's round-up before heading (mostly) off-line | Main | BOP Director launches First Step Act Task Force » July 16, 2025 Florida completes its eighth execution in 2025 of a murderer ...

Law360 has this lengthy new article providing a detail examination of the Supreme Court's rulings in an array of criminal cases during its October 2024 Term. The article's headline, "High Court Term ...

From The Hill, " Prison reform laws could safely send thousands home — if they’re enforced " From The Marshall Project, " New York’s Prison Guard Strike Ended Months Ago. For Some, Life-Threatening ...

Michael Tonry has been the leading commentator on the American sentencing reform movement since its beginning. Sentencing Matters, one of the most influential works on American sentencing ever ...

The sentence was at the low end of the 33 to 41 months called for under federal sentencing guidelines, but far more severe than the Justice Department under Trump had sought.

Motor vehicle theft had been on the rise from the summer of 2020 through 2023, but that trend reversed in 2024 and the downward trajectory continued into this year; there were 25% fewer motor vehicle ...

I am not sure I would describe criminal justice articles from Law360 as "beach reading," but I am sure that I have noticed a number of notable pieces on that site should not be overlooked amid summer ...