Doug Berman's Sentencing Law Resources: Alternative Sentences
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General
- Judge Pryor urging sentencing reforms in Alabama - August 4, 2005
- Collateral consequences guide - July 23, 2005
- Sunday morning's must-read section - March 6, 2005
- Gonzales hearing highlights (torture-free) - January 8, 2005
- The continued rehabilitation of rehabilitation - December 15, 2004
- Pondering the link between sentencing policy and crime rates - December 14, 2004
- Another side to Texas justice - December 8, 2004
- So much "collateral" work to do - September 24, 2004
- Tennessee's functionality meets Blakely 's formalism - September 4, 2004
- Rehabilitating Rehabilitation - August 26, 2004
- Collateral Sanctions and Blakely - August 22, 2004
- ABA Kennedy Commission report - June 23, 2004
- Positive Developments in State Sentencing - May 18, 2004
Anti-procreation Orders
- Fascinating (non-Blakely!!) Ohio decision - September 29, 2004
Boot Camps
- Big development on federal boot camp - April 13, 2005
Disenfranchisement
- SCOTUS makes news by not deciding - November 9, 2004
- Debating disenfranchisement - November 2, 2004
- Felony disenfranchisement in the swing states - November 1, 2004
- A focus on the franchise - October 31, 2004
- Felon Disenfranchisement - September 23, 2004
Drug Courts and Programs
- "Getting out early" through a federal drug program - July 18, 2005
- Interesting coverage of drug courts - May 10, 2005
- NY Times examines "problem-solving" courts - April 26, 2005
- More Texas sentencing grits - December 29, 2004
- More on Rockefeller and other drug sentencing reform - December 9, 2004
- A restorative ending to "Truth in Sentencing" coverage - November 29, 2004
- Resources on drug courts - November 19, 2004
- Lots of sentencing in the papers - November 18, 2004
Faith-Based Prisons
- Having faith in prisons - October 16, 2004
Forfeiture
- Second Circuit deems Blakely/Booker inapplicable to forfeitures - June 15, 2005
- Sixth Circuit discusses forfeiture issues - May 9, 2005
- More from the Seventh Circuit (and Judge Easterbrook) - August 31, 2004
Home Confinement
- Martha agrees(?) to three more weeks of home confinement - August 4, 2005
- I wonder how Virginia would assess Martha Stewart's risk - April 24, 2005
Parole
- Rethinking parole and its place in modern sentencing - April 10, 2005
- A brief Booker break (sort of) - January 12, 2005
Probation
- Sentencing and searching in the Seventh Circuit - July 18, 2005
- A brief Booker break (sort of) - January 12, 2005
Religion and Sentencing
- Religion, sentencing and corrections - June 1, 2005
- Having faith in prisons - October 16, 2004
Restitution
- Sixth Circuit finds no problems with judicial factfinding for restitution orders - August 12, 2005
- 7th Circuit coverage of restitution - May 20, 2005
- Reviewing the status of restitution - May 15, 2005
- Three interesting (and long) reads from the Ninth Circuit - December 31, 2004
Restorative Justice
- A restorative ending to "Truth in Sentencing" coverage - November 29, 2004
Sex Offender Laws
- Another challenge to sex offender law fails - June 8, 2005
- DOJ planning national sex offender registry - May 22, 2005
- Browsing the blogsphere, Blakely-free - January 27, 2005
- A brief Booker break (sort of) - January 12, 2005
- Noteworthy (and unconstitutional?) sex offender collateral consequence - December 27, 2004
Shaming
- Shaming, remorse, apologies and victims - April 6, 2005
- A shame-full proposal - April 3, 2005
- Interesting (non-Blakely) sentencing items in the papers - March 14, 2005
- Reconsidering shame - September 15, 2004
- For Shame ... I mean, Against Shame - August 17, 2004
- Ain't that a shame - August 10, 2004
Supervised Release
- 1st Circuit addresses Blakely's applicability to revocation of supervised release - June 4, 2005
- A shame-full proposal - April 3, 2005
Miscellaneous
- More on creative sentence for football fan - April 28, 2005
- A clear case of cruel and unusual punishment? - April 25, 2005
- NY Times examines "problem-solving" courts - April 26, 2005
- Browsing the blogsphere, Blakely-free - January 27, 2005
- A Blakely sentencing trial and other news - January 12, 2005
- Three interesting (and long) reads from the Ninth Circuit - December 31, 2004
- Non-Blakely news from the First Circuit - September 10, 2004
- Sentencing in Alabama - June 21, 2004