Lots of weekend reading from SSRN

I am in the process of catching up after a day of Typepad dysfunction.  Look for lots of posts throughout the weekend on big cases decided Friday and other sentencing news of note.  While I am catching up, check out some of the interesting new papers at SSRN on sentencing or related topics:

• Facing Evil by Joseph Edward Kennedy

• Differentiating Between First Offenses and Repeat Offenses by Bryan C. McCannon

• Crime, Deterrence, and Democracy by Libor Dusek

• Transparency and Participation in Criminal Procedure by Stephanos Bibas

• The New Prosecution by Kay L. Levine

• An Idealist Theory of Punishment by Thom Brooks

And, of course, as you put together your holiday reading list, do not forget the latest FSR issue about Blakely in the states or this previously noted paper at SSRN about state sentencing systems and voluntary guidelines.