Same old sentencing

As first noted here, I was kindly asked to comment on 2005 sentencing developments for a Year in Review issue of Legal Times.  Thanks to permission from Legal Times, I can now post my short commentary, and it is available for download below.

The piece is entitled of "Same Old Sentencing: Federal guidelines, now advisory, still shape justice system."  In a small space, I try to make of few interesting points about sentencing culture and sentencing doctrine in the wake of Booker and Roper.  (For a more copious (and laborious) review of sentencing highlights from 2005, see my year-ending posts of note here and here.)

Download berman_legal_times_122605.pdf