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Increasing Prison Population: Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy has a post clarifying an ABC News Report that the "U.S. Prison Population Hits All-Time High". Berman clarifies the ABC story by linking to the the Justice Department's official press release, which actually reports on slower growth in the nation's prison and jail populations. The report states that according the Bureau of Justice Statistics, "[t]he growth in the number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction slowed during the first six months of 2007[.]" "The number of prisoners rose 1.6 percent, which was lower than the 2.0 percent growth during the same period in 2006." Q&A With Justice Scalia: Above The Law has a post on Justice Scalia's Q&A session at a Federalist Society event promoting his recent book "Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges"...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on June 06, 2008 (boomark / email).