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June 25, 2005
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
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
June 25, 2005 at 11:20 AM | Permalink
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