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Timely topics as time for NASC Annual Conference approaches

By Douglas A. Berman

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I am pleased to be able to again highlight this year's National Association of Sentencing Commissions annual conference, which is held August 2-4, 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. As I have noted before, though this year's conference is titled "15 Years of NASC: Looking Back, Moving Forward," the program is so very timely and forward-looking. Everyone can check out the full agenda and the outstanding group of speakers for this year's NASC event here at the conference website. Especially as crime and punishment issues contiue to be AWOL during the Sotomayor confirmation hearings, it is refreshing to see an agenda full of front-line, top-notch people talking about these urgent and cutting-edge criminal justice issues.

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 15, 2009 (boomark / email).

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