Off-line (so I can be on the links)

A long-planned day on the links means I will be off-line all day Thursday.  In the late evening hours I hope to catch up on the day’s sentencing developments, which will include the sentencing of additional defendants in the Enron barge case.  This Houston Chronicle article provides all the pre-sentencing details for the remaining defendants, and last month’s posts about the sentencing of the other defendants are here and here.

As is my practice when due to be off-line, below I provide a review of some recent posts of note:

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Anti-gang bill passed by House
• Reasons for rooting for criminal justice federalism
• Legislative debate over mandatory minimums heating up
• The rhetoric supporting mandatory minimums in the gang bill, HR 1279

DISTRICT COURT BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• More Booker data coming soon?
• An international view on increased post-Booker sentences

CIRCUIT COURT BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• 8th Circuit sets out post-Booker review procedures
• Notable appellate review dicta from the 11th Circuit
• Sixth Circuit discusses forfeiture issues
• Another busy sentencing day for the 8th Circuit
• 10th Circuit joins appeal waiver bandwagon

OTHER SENTENCING DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Might Indiana’s Supreme Court be a wise leader on the prior conviction exception?
• Interesting death penalty data from Ohio
• The (medical) costs of long sentences
• Interesting coverage of drug courts
• Ross and Schiavo ironic parallels