A Booker Pro Bowl

Sentencing action has been fascinating lately — from an ugly clemency spat and lethal injection litigation in the capital arena to a prosecutorial statement against sex offender residency restriction and California's gendered de-incarceration and a human right hearing on mandatory minimums in the non-capital arena.  But the Booker action never disappoints, and there has been a lot of all-star activity on the Booker playing field of late.  Here are some topical highlights:

DISTRICT COURT DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Judge Adelman provides more post-Booker wisdom
• More strong work by Judge Bataillon on Booker and the sentencing process
• Groundbreaking work in habeas from district courts

CIRCUIT COURT DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Why a "presumption of reasonableness" is troubling
• The ugly look of reasonableness review
• Big Fourth Circuit opinion on reasonableness review
• Sixth Circuit reasonableness bullfrogs jumping around
• Seventh Circuit addresses co-defendant "disparity"
• Ninth Circuit backs away from presumption of reasonableness
• Important Booker twosome from the Tenth Circuit

SENTENCING COMMISSION DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Post-Booker patience is a virtue, perhaps
• Timelines for USSC Booker report and more detailed Booker data?
• Friday afternoon ranting about the post-Booker world
• What is the Sentencing Commission fiddling while the crack guidelines burn?
• A loud deafening silence from the Sentencing Commission