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A sad sentencing in memoriam: Professor Daniel J. Freed

By Douglas A. Berman

I am so sad to have to report the passing of a true giant in the field of sentencing law and policy, Professor Dan Freed.  This Yale Law School notice provides the details and some fitting accounts of some aspects of his extraordinary contributions: Yale Law School Professor Emeritus Daniel J. Freed ?51, a pioneer in the criminal justice process and a key figure in the development of clinical education at the Law School, died Sunday, January 17, 2010, in New York.  He was 82.  Freed was Clinical Professor Emeritus of Law and Its Administration, specializing in sentencing and criminal justice administration. He died of renal and congestive heart failure. ?Dan Freed was a unique scholar, reformer, and social activist,? said Yale Law School Dean Robert Post '77...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 19, 2010 (boomark / email).