Off to the Northeast again

My ivy-covered magical mystery tour continues as I head out this afternoon for the start of a circuitous trip to participate in Yale Law School's Sentencing Workshop run by Sentencing Hall of Famer Judge Nancy Gertner.  Because the trip includes stops at the off-line in-laws, blogging will be light through the weekend.  As is my custom, I am leaving behind here a recap of some recent posts of note:

SCOTUS DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Monday's notable SCOTUS action
• The impact of former prosecutor Alito
• Press coverage of SCOTUS capital action
• Interesting sentencing start to an interesting SCOTUS week

DEATH PENALTY DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• How could (and should) Congress clean up the lethal injection mess?
• More lethal injection drama in Ohio
• Moussaoui case provides fascinating glimpse into capital jury realities
• Lethal injection litigation developments
• Amazing capital punishment issue of Judicature

BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Tracking reasonableness review outcomes
• The interplay of mandatory minimums and 3553(a)
• Fourth Circuit discusses admissions and alternative sentence
• Two important reasonableness opinions from the Seventh Circuit
• Eighth Circuit reverses extraordinary upward variance
• Eighth Circuit on state/federal disparity after Booker
• Full draft of Tweaking Booker

OTHER SENTENCING DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• A thoughtful, but disappointing, attack on a faith-based prison program
• Is a prostitute a victim of her madame?
• The realities of mentally ill prisoners
• Clearing out the Foster pipeline in Ohio