Seeking help and input from would-be “Bookerologists”

As all sports fans know, this is the time of year in which so-called “bracketology” becomes the key to fame and happiness, and in which so-called “bracketologists” can shine as a result of their ability to sort through obscure data about college basketball teams to assess the past and predict the future.  With this spirit in mind, I want to encourage sentencing fans to consider getting interested in “Bookerology” and put out this call for help and input from would-be “Bookerologists.”

Specifically, with the US Sentencing Commission’s recent release of all its 2008 federal sentencing statistics (details here), I would like folks to help me  sort through obscure data about federal sentencing patterns to assess the Booker past and predict the post-Booker future.  In other words, I am eager and would be grateful for folks to use the comments or send me e-mail with analyses of what the 2008 federal sentencing data really tells us about what is really going on (and what should be going on) in modern federal sentencing.