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Catching up with some notable headlines

By Douglas A. Berman

I am a bit overwhelmed trying to catch up with various sentencing stories after being off-line most of the last two weeks.  For example, all these headlines from recent news stories caught my eye: From the Atlanta Journal Constitution here, "Man used jail phone to plan more mortgage fraud" From the Chronicle of Higher Education here, "Congress Bans Pell Grants for Sex Offenders" From the Erie Times-News here, "Drug dealer earns reduced sentence for rehabilitation" From the Los Angeles Times here, "State pays millions for contract psychologists to keep up with Jessica's Law" From the Rutland Herald here, "Prosecutors oppose long mandatory sentences" From the Salt Lake Tribune here, "Sentencing Commission seeks options for prosecuting teens who trade nude photos over cell phones" From the Schenectady Gazette here, "Judge stiffening gun crime sentences" From the Toronto Star here, "Pentagon rejected 10-year sentence for bin Laden aide"continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 11, 2008 (boomark / email).