Updates

Volume 6:2 Released, April 27, 2009

Volume 6:2, Symposium: Prosecutorial Discretion, is now available online. Click here to browse our current issue.

The newest addition to Amici: Views from the Field is posted, February 2, 2009.

Our newest installment of the Practitioners' Commentary, available here, looks at the obstacles prosecutors face when new crimes are put on the books.

Volume 6:1 Released, December 1, 2008

Volume 6:1, Sex Offender Law and Policy/Legitimacy and Criminal Justice Symposia, with guest editors Wayne A. Logan and Jeffrey Fagan, is now available online. Click here to browse our current issue.

The second issue of Amici: Views from the Field is posted, September 29, 2008

Our second “issue,” available here, is composed of essays written about the I-270 "Highway Sniper" that struck throughout Columbus, Ohio in the winter of 2003-2004. The FBI Agent and Sheriff’s Deputy from the investigation, as well as the prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge from the case have all detailed their own experiences and insights from solving the I-270 sniper case.

Volume 5:2 Released, March 14, 2008

Volume 5:2, Toward a Just and Rational Body of Substantive Criminal Law: A Symposium in Honor of Sandord H. Kadish, with guest editor Stephen J. Schulhofer, is now available online. Click here to browse our current issue.

OSJCL launches new, first-of-its-kind, Amici: Views from the Field

The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law is very pleased to announce the launch of OSJCL Amici: Views from the Field, our new, first-of-its-kind, online “practitioners’ commentary.”  This resource is designed to engage the practicing community of prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, judges, and scholars in allied disciplines in a dialogue with students, academics, and the public about cutting edge issues in the world of criminal law. 

Our inaugural “issue,” available here, is composed of short commentaries and essays, written by four leading federal district court judges, on the impact (expected or unexpected) of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent blockbuster federal sentencing decisions in Gall v. United States and Kimbrough v. United States.  We hope that the timeliness and informality of the commentaries showcase both the judiciary’s expansive insight on this topic and the value of this Web-based venue. 

In addition to providing a publication venue for leading practitioners, OSJCL Amici provides a “clearinghouse” of all-things-Criminal-Law: interesting ,thought-provoking, or humorous criminal justice-related news stories; links to databases and other Web-based sources that practitioners may find relevant and useful; and “SCOTUS CrimeWatch,” a database specializing in the criminal law docket for the current Supreme Court term. 

We actively encourage you to visit OSJCL Amici, and share with us your practice-gleaned insights. We can be reached at berman.43@osu.edu (Faculty Editor, Professor Doug Berman), shnlittle@earthlink.net (OSJCL Editor-in-Chief), or maurer.128@osu.edu (Executive Editor, OSJCL).

Volume 5:1 Released, October 25, 2007

Volume 5:1, Racial Blindsight and Criminal Justice , with guest editor Andrew E. Taslitz, is now available online. Click here to browse our current issue.

Volume 4:2 Released, April 6, 2007

Volume 4:2, Mercy and Clemency, with guest editor Stephen P. Garvey, is now available online. Click here to browse our current issue.

"Making Sentencing Sensible" cited in U.S. Supreme Court Decision

Douglas Berman and Stephanos Bibas' article Making Sentencing Sensible was cited in Justice Kennedy's dissent in the U.S. Supreme Court decision Cunningham v. California. Click here to read the article. Click here to read the court decision.

Volume 4:1 Released, November 1, 2006

Volume 4:1, Blakely and the States, with guest editors Douglas A. Berman and Steven L. Chanenson, is now available online. Click here to browse our current issue.

 

Price Increase for Volume 5

Starting with Volume 5, which will be distributed in Fall 2007, the prices of OSJCL subscriptions will be as follows:

• Libraries and other institutional subscribers: $75
• Individuals: $40
• Single Issue: $20

Prices will remain the same for Volume 4. Click Here to subscribe to The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law.