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The same old debates about a new federal sentencing bill

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader forwarded to me this effective local newspaper article reporting on two "classic" sentencing perspectives concerning a new federal sentencing bill.  The piece is headlined "Gang-prevention bill hits a snag with a co-sponsor's criticism," and here are excerpts: U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott's two-year effort to refocus the battle against juvenile and gang crime to prevention programs that would cost billions of dollars appears to be picking up steam. More than half the members of the U.S. House ? 234 lawmakers ? have signed on as co-sponsors of his bill. The Newport News Democrat's legislation would spend $2 billion over five years to underwrite what he calls "evidence-based prevention programs" to reach high-risk youths before they turn to gangs and crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 27, 2009 (boomark / email).