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: Sentencing Law and Policy

Taking a break for election reflections

By Douglas A. Berman

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I could keep blogging up a storm today with more thoughts about what last night's election results might mean for sentencing law and policy. Though some others are already talking about what a new Obama administration might mean for drug crime policy and the death penalty, there are so many other "inside baseball" topics for discussion. For example, on the sex offender front, might implementation of the Adam Walsh Act dealing with national sex offender registration change? On the federal sentencing front, might district judges now be even more willing to depart from the guidelines because they will not fear backlash from the Justice Department and Congress? Will the agenda and personnel on the US Sentencing Commission change dramatically...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).

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