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Contrasting congressional hearings concerning federal criminalization

By Douglas A. Berman

Tomorrow, September 28, 2010, brings two notable hearings in Congress for federal criminal justice fans. But the concerns driving the morning Senate hearing and the afternoon House hearing seem to be in (direct?) tension.  In the Senate, as detailed here, the Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing entitled "Restoring Key Tools to Combat Fraud and Corruption After the Supreme Court's Skilling Decision" for at 10am.  But in the House, as detailed here, the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security will having at 3pm a hearing entitled "Reining in Overcriminalization: Assessing the Problems, Proposing Solutions."  The folks at the NACDL have put together this big press kitabout the House hearing.  The executive summary of that kit contends that "[m]any of the approximately 4,450 criminal offenses in the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 27, 2010 (boomark / email).