Is it finally the big week?

January 10, 2005

I now have heard from three sources that the Supreme Court has announced that it will be issuing decisions on both Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Thus, it is time, yet again, to strike up the (false?) alarm for the possible arrival of Booker and Fanfan. (I realize my predictions are now even less credible than the wolf-crying boy’s, but that won’t stop me from saying, yet again, that we may be only days away from the start of the next era of sentencing reform.)

I have already done many, many posts anticipating Booker/Fanfan posts, some of which can be found here and here. However, since the last possible Booker sighting, a number of more recent posts have spotlight relevant recent developments. Thus, as we gear up yet again, here are a few more posts I am planning to review tonight:

In addition, I think everyone contemplating the future of federal sentencing law and policy should give considerable attention to (1) The Sentencing Project’s most recent 3-page report entitled “The Federal Prison Population: A Statistical Analysis,” and (2) the important comments by Republican Senators about emphasizing rehabilitation coming from the Gonzales hearing last week.