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Douglas A. Berman
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Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University
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The challenge of modern federal sentencing: "there are 15 distinct factors in 3553(a)"
"The Prison Industrial Complex: Mapping Private Sector Players"
"Leveraging Marijuana Reform to Enhance Expungement Practices"
Law enforcement reform group urges Congress to tackle sentencing reform along with prison reforms
A recent accounting of "Racial Disparities in the United States Criminal Justice System"
SCOTUS grants cert on yet another set of ACCA cases, this time to explore when burglary qualifies as "burglary"
SCOTUS to hear seemingly small sentencing case made slightly bigger by Government's advocate
"Addicted to Incarceration: A Federal Judge Reveals Shocking Truths About Federal Sentencing and Fleeting Hopes for Reform"
"Techno-Policing"
India government moving forward with the death penalty for child rape
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