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: Sentencing Law and Policy

Of note and interest around the blogosphere

By Douglas A. Berman

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As is often the case, a quick tour of the blogosphere reveals lots of interesting and notable reading from some of my favorite blogs: From Crime & Consequences here, "Sex Offender Assessment Tool Held Inadmissible" From Grits for Breakfast here, "Oversight: Why so little MSM coverage after Texas abolished LWOP for juveniles?" From PrawfsBlawg here, "Reconsidering the Punishment of Violent Crime" From Simple Justice here, "Dreier and The Bernie Scale" From TalkLeft here, "Justice Ginsberg on Judicial Diversity"

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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