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"Sensenbrenner Named House Crime Subcommittee Chair"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post come from the headline of this report via The Crime Report.  Here are the details of an important sentencing law and policy echo of the new leadership in the US House of Representatives: Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, today was named chairman of the House Judiciary Committee?s subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security. Sensenbrenner, 67, is a former chairman of the full Judiciary Committee.  On the subcommittee, he succeeds Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.).   Sensenbrenner will bring a much more conservative perspective to criminal justice issues.  He supports the death penalty and was the prime sponsor of the federal Adam Walsh Act, which requires states to take stronger actions tracking sex offenders or risk losing federal funds...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 07, 2011 (boomark / email).