Lots more news and notes and commentary about federal criminal justice reform efforts ... including report of no Senate vote until after election

Here in no particular order is a too-quick round-up of some of the notable stories and commentaries I have seen this week as the debate over federal prison and sentencing reform continues to heat up:

• From Ed Kilgore, "Criminal-Justice Reform Deal Facing Opposition From Left and Right"

• From Alexander Bolton, "Democratic leader gives boost to criminal justice reform compromise"

• "Survey Finds Overwhelming Bipartisan Majorities Support Bill Giving Judges Discretion to Moderate Prison Sentencing"

• From Paul Mirengoff, "In Defense Of Tom Cotton’s Critique Of Leniency-For-Criminals Legislation"

• From Jeffrey Bellin, "A first step toward sentencing reform"

UPDATE: Here are a few more pieces on this front worth checking out, including perhaps the most tangibly significant in the form of the Politico piece that the Senate will not move forward on a vote until after the November election:

• "Conservatives send letter to President Trump in support of FIRST STEP Act"

• "Brennan Center Responds to Senator; Urges Congress Not to Abandon Criminal Justice Reform"

• From Emily Mooney and Arthur Rizer, "Dear AG Sessions: The White House and math agree — crime isn’t surging but reform should be"

• From Politico, "Senate won't take up prison overhaul before midterms"