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Sentencing day at the US Supreme Court

By Douglas A. Berman

This morning the Supreme Court will hear oral argument on two fascinating and important "back end" sentencing cases: Dillon v. US (09-6338) and Barber v. Thomas (09-5201). Because I was surprised that the Justices now took up the long-simmering issues in these two cases, I am chary about making any predictions about how the arguments will go. But I hope later this week to be able to offer commentary on what various Justices seem to be thinking in these cases. In the meantime, here are terrific previews of the cases from SCOTUSblog: Does United States v. Booker apply to resentencing proceedings under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2)? Calculation of ?good time? sentencing credits I welcome and encourage reader thoughts about either or both of these cases (especially now that comments seem to be working again)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).