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Good reads for sentencing fans in The Champion

By Douglas A. Berman

I just noticed that much the September issue of the NACDL's journal, The Champion magazine, is available at this link.  The issue is focused on white-collar crimes and includes a number of pieces that should be of special interest to sentencing fans.  For example, Evan Jenness has this long and detailed piece dealing with federal sentencing guideline calculation issues titled "Gaining the Upper Hand in Arguing Loss in Securities Fraud Cases." Though not focused on only white-collar matters, of particular interest for sentencing fans in this issue is this fascinating QA interviewwith now-former US Sentencing Commissioner John Steer.  Here is one especially notable tid-bit from the interview on the topic of relevant conduct: The Champion: Almost 20 years ago, you and Judge Wilkins wrote the article declaring relevant conduct the ?cornerstone? of the guidelines...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 20, 2008 (boomark / email).