Reviewing the week that was
I predicted a big sentencing week in this preview post, and that prediction in my view came true even though we did not get any major rulings from SCOTUS this week. In any event, you can make your own assessment based on this review of major posts from this week past:
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
DISTRICT COURT BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
- More district court action on crack/cocaine disparity
- Judge Cassell on fast-track and family circumstances
- Reports on Booker resentencings
- Tough sentences for white-collar offenders
APPELLATE COURT BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
- The Monday Booker GVR report
- Third Circuit joins non-retroactivity bandwagon
- 6th Circuit discusses post-Booker appellate review and plea dynamics
- Booker, Crawford, Ex Post Facto, oh my…
- Yet another big sentencing day for the 8th Circuit
- 7th Circuit coverage of restitution
STATE BLAKELY DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
- Tennessee Supreme Court denies rehearing in Gomez (but legislative fix still in works)!
- What’s the next dance step in Tennessee’s Blakely waltz?
- A taste of Tennessee Sour Mash
OTHER SENTENCING DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
- Are four Justices ready to grant cert. on the constitutionality of lethal injection protocols?
- Notable death row reprieve request
- Another FSR issue heading to press
- An assessment of the war on drugs by the RAND Corporation
- Justice Kennedy reiterates his ABA comments on federal sentencing
- Fascinating circuit cases revealing unique victim perspectives
- Reaching economic tipping points for tough-on-crime movements