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August 4, 2024
Latest episode of "Drugs on the Docket" podcast features USSC Chair Carlton Reeves
In this post, I highlighted that the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at The Ohio State University had been releasing episodes from Season Two of the "Drugs on the Docket" podcast. (All of the first season's episodes are all still available via Apple Podcasts and YouTube, where you can also find all released Season 2 episodes as well.) And now, as detailed on this podcast webpage, we just recently released the fifth episode of this new season.
This exciting new episode captures an extended discussion with Judge Carlton Reeves, Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. This discussion took place back in March not long after Judge Reeves had delivered the 2024 Menard Family Lecture on Drug Policy and Criminal Justice at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (which can be watched here). Though taped a few months ago, the release of this episode seems especially timely because the Commission has scheduled this big public meeting for this coming Thursday, August 8, 2024, to discuss, inter alia, its priorities for the coming year. In the podcast Judge Reeves discusses at length how the Cmmission goes about setting its priorities and other aspects of the agency's work.
From the this podcast webpage, here is this episode's description along with show notes:
Season 2 Episode 5 – A Special Conversation with the Honorable Carlton W. Reeves, Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission
Host Hannah Miller and co-host Doug Berman, executive director of the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, speak with the Honorable Judge Carlton W. Reeves, Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission and U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi. Judge Reeves discusses his role as Chair of the Sentencing Commission and the recent activities of the Commission, including efforts taken to reform the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
Show notes:
- United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) website
- Learn about the additional two ex-officio members of the United States Sentencing Commission in addition to the members noted in the episode
- Dealing in Lives: Imposition of Federal Life Sentences for Drugs from 1990–2020
- Alternatives to Incarceration, Problem-Solving Courts, and other resources by topic (USSC)
- Statement from the White House: President Biden Nominates Bipartisan Slate for the United States Sentencing Commission
- Schoolhouse Rock! episode, “I’m Just a Bill”
August 4, 2024 at 12:16 PM | Permalink