Register for "Looking Ahead: Learning from Past Commission Leadership"

In this prior post, I noted the great weekly panel series that has been running through the month of May titled "The Role of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in Decarceration: First Step Act and Beyond."  This series has been put together by the Center for Justice and Human Dignity, a nonprofit organization whose mission is explained here in terms of seeking  "to reduce prison incarceration in the United States while improving conditions for those imprisoned and working inside."

This panel series concludes this coming Tuesday, May 24, at 12noon ET with a fourth and final panel titled "Looking Ahead: Learning from Past Commission Leadership." The discussion among former heads of the US Sentencing Commission and judges is especially timely given Prez Biden's nomination of seven new people to the US Sentencing Commission just earlier this month.  Everyone can and should register to attend this session (and review the entire series) here.  The speakers for all the panels have been terrific, and here are the folks participating in this last panel:

• Judge Patti B. Saris, District of Massachusetts
• Judge Ricardo Hinojosa, District Judge, Southern District of Texas 
• Retired Judge Nancy Gertner, District of Massachusetts, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Law School
• Judge William K. Sessions III, Senior District Judge, District of Vermont

I had the distinct pleasure of helping just a bit with this panel, and the opportunity to hear from former Chairs of the US Sentencing Commission should never be missed.

Prior related posts:

• Great panel series to explore “The Role of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in Decarceration: First Step Act and Beyond”
• Register for “Alternatives to Incarceration: Reducing Mass Incarceration in Federal Court” 
• Register for “State Sentencing Commissions Work Towards Decarceration” 
• Register for "Sentencing Review and Reduction: Open Questions and Next Steps for the Commission"