Another remarkable sentencing week

Even as we move into the summer months, we are still seeing amazing sentencing developments nearly every week.  After a manic Monday of remarkable sentencing developments kicked off the week (and added to the reading list), the debate over mandatory minimum sentencing heated up with AG Gonzales' speech advocating a Booker fix and the amicus filing in the Angelos case.  Monday's developments are assembled in this post, and subsequent developments are recapped below:

AG GONZALES' BOOKER SPEECH AND COMMENTARY

• AG Gonzales calls for a Booker fix
• Background on AG Gonzales' proposed Booker fix
• Questions about AG Gonzales' speech advocating a Booker fix
• What about compassionate conservatism in the federal CJ system?
• Further discussion and criticism of Gonzales speech
• Will DOJ make public its Booker data?

CIRCUIT COURT BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• 2d Circuit approves use of hearsay at sentencing
• 1st Circuit addresses due process/ex post facto issues regarding post-Booker sentences for pre-Booker crimes
• Significant ex post facto ruling from the 8th Circuit
• Great Booker coverage on the defender blogs

SUPREME COURT DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• More SCOTUS criminal justice rulings
• Justice Thomas's notable Booker footnote in Halbert

OTHER SENTENCING DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Happy Birthday, Blakely!
• USSC proposes priorities and requests public comments
• Amicus filing in Angelos mandatory minimum case
• Angelos amicus brief
• Great week-ending sentencing commentary
• So much sentencing news in the papers
• A chance to catch up on great reading