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Another timely NASC conference this August in Alabama

By Douglas A. Berman

I am pleased to highlight on this blog the National Association of Sentencing Commissions annual conference, which this year is being held in Point Clear, Alabama on August 8-10, 2010. This year's conference is titled "Sound Sentencing Policy: Balancing Justice and Dollars," and this year's agenda reveals how timely, thoughtful and forward-looking the program is for today's sentencing times . One of the conference organizers sent me an e-mail with this additional information about this year's event: We are seeking to target a broader audience for the conference, and we hope many of your readers may be interested in attending.  The conference will offer plenaries, workshops and roundtable discussions on issues relating to sentencing practices and the hurdles criminal justice officials must overcome during these times of shrinking budgets and scarce resources, as well as innovative ways that states have faced these challenges...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 06, 2010 (boomark / email).