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Seeking help and input from would-be "Bookerologists"

By Douglas A. Berman

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As all sports fans know, this is the time of year in which so-called "bracketology" becomes the key to fame and happiness, and in which so-called "bracketologists" can shine as a result of their ability to sort through obscure data about college basketball teams to assess the past and predict the future. With this spirit in mind, I want to encourage sentencing fans to consider getting interested in "Bookerology" and put out this call for help and input from would-be "Bookerologists." Specifically, with the US Sentencing Commission's recent release of all its 2008 federal sentencing statistics (details here), I would like folks to help me sort through obscure data about federal sentencing patterns to assess the Booker past and predict the post-Booker future...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 14, 2009 (boomark / email).

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