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US Sentencing Commission symposium on incarceration alternatives

By Douglas A. Berman

I am excited and encouraged to report that the United States Sentencing Commission is conducting a two-day symposium on alternatives to incarceration later this month.  Here is the announcement from the USSC's offical webpage: The United Sates Sentencing Commission will host a Symposium on Crime and Punishment: Alternatives to Incarceration on July 14-15, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The list of symposium presenters includes federal judges, key congressional staff, professors of law and the social sciences, corrections and alternative sentencing practitioners and specialists, federal prosecutors and public defenders, and prison officials.  The preliminary agenda may be accessed here.  For more information about the symposium, contact the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at 202/502-4597...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 06, 2008 (boomark / email).