New US Sentencing Commission podcast discusses new Judiciary Sentencing INformation (JSIN) Tool
In this post two monts ago, titled “USSC releases interesting (but problematic?) new JSIN platform providing data on sentencing patterns,” I reported on the release by the US Sentencing Commission of a new sentencing data tool for federal sentencing judges. Though I have flagged in prior posts a few concerns about the construction and possible use of the Judiciary Sentencing INformation (JSIN) data tool in federal sentencing (see posts linked below), I still view JSIN as quite interesting and important data work by the USSC.
The Sentencing Commission, on this webpage introducing JSIN, has provided an FAQ that explains the tool a bit. But now one can also find on the USSC website this new podcast (called “Commission Chats”) featuring a discussion of JSIN. The short podcast (about 12 minutes) is described this way:
In this special episode, U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer, Acting Chair of the Commission, and Glenn Schmitt, Research and Data Director, discuss the origin and particulars of JSIN, the Commission’s new online data tool developed specifically for sentencing judges.
Though the podcast does not go much beyond a description of the basic elements of JSIN, it still makes for an interesting listen and Judge Breyer gives an explanation for some of the data choices reflected in JSIN.
Prior related JSIN posts: