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Two great new data reports from the US Sentencing Commission

By Douglas A. Berman

I am pleased to discover and report that the US Sentencing Commission has used the holiday season to produce two lovely new (and very reader-friendly) documents about federal sentencing realities.  First came last week's release of "Overview of Federal Criminal Cases, Fiscal Year 2007," which is actually a more exciting document than the title might suggest.  Here is how the USSC describes this report: This publication provides a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2007. Readers will find this publication to be a brief, easy-to-use reference on the types of criminal cases handled by the federal courts and the punishments imposed on the offenders convicted in those cases. This publication will be available in hard copy format in the coming weeks...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 30, 2008 (boomark / email).