So much sentencing news to review
Scrambling just to keep up with the sentencing news and SCOTUS rumor-mongering, I have not had a chance to compile a review post since this effort more than two weeks ago. But this weekend allowed for some catching up: I have recapped in prior posts recent circuit court Booker rulings and recent state court Blakely rulings. And, as detailed below, there have been a lot of other sentencing developments worth reviewing from the last two weeks:
SCOTUS DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
- Initial end-of-Term reflections on criminal justice and sentencing
- More death and habeas from SCOTUS
- The impact of SCOTUS’s heightened scrutiny in capital cases
- Capital ruling and Booker GVRs from SCOTUS
SCOTUS RETIREMENT(S) COMMENTARY
- Justice O’Connor retiring; what will her replacement think of Harris and Almendarez-Torres?
- Considering O’Connor’s capital sentencing legacy
- A preview of O’Connor’s replacement?
- CJ Rehnquist out, too? Whither (or wither) Harris, Almendarez-Torres (and Booker)?
CONGRESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
- Sentencing from the halls of Congress
- House hearing on death penalty and habeas bills
- Talking points for the post-Booker world
DISTRICT COURT BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
- NACDL releases report on “Gonzales Cases”
- Barnett receives lower sentence after remand
- The evolution of white-collar sentencing
- Talking points for the post-Booker world
- Lil’ Kim gets more than a lil’ prison time
- Litigating in a post-Booker world
OTHER SENTENCING DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY