2018

April 30, 2018
USSC Publishes 2017 Federal Sentencing Statistics
April 30, 2018
Justices Grant Review To As-Applied Challenge To Lethal Injection
April 29, 2018
USSC Report Finds Identical Recidivism Rates Between Offenders Released Before And After 2011 Fair Sentencing Guideline Amendment
April 27, 2018
Bureau of Justice Statistics Reports US Prisoner Population Continues To Decline in 2016
April 23, 2018
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In Two More Armed Career Criminal Act Cases
April 17, 2018
Supreme Court Dismisses As Moot Case On Extraterritorial Application Of 18 U.S.C. § 2703
April 17, 2018
Habeas Win In Supreme Court On Look Through Doctrine
April 17, 2018
Supreme Court Holds 18 U.S.C. § 16’s Residual Clause Unconstitutionally Vague
April 16, 2018
Justices GVR Two ACCA Cases After Eighth Circuit Holds Missouri Second-Degree Burglary Statute Is Indivisible
April 16, 2018
Ninth Circuit Holds Intermittent Confinement Counts Against Time In Prison When Revoking Supervised Release
April 12, 2018
Sentencing Commission Adopts 2018 Guideline Amendments
April 12, 2018
AG Sessions Announces Zero-Tolerance For Illegal Entry & New Charging Policies
April 9, 2018
Third Circuit Extends Holding Of Miller v. Alabama To De Facto Life Sentences
April 9, 2018
Fourth Circuit Issues Savings Clause Decision Allowing Habeas Corpus Petition To Proceed On The Merits
April 3, 2018
District Court Order Joins Growing Chorus Of Federal Judges Who Reject Career Offender Guideline In Certain Cases
April 2, 2018
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari On Whether Florida Robbery Qualifies As A Violent Felony Under ACCA
March 22, 2018
Supreme Court Unanimously Vacates Fifth Circuit Decision Denying Capital Petitioner's Funding Request
March 22, 2018
AG Sessions Issues Memo “Strongly” Encouraging Federal Prosecutors To Seek Death Penalty In “Appropriate” Drug Cases
March 22, 2018
Fourth Circuit Holds Conspiracy To Commit Murder In Aid Of Racketeering Is Not A Crime Of Violence Under The Guidelines
March 21, 2018
SCOTUS Holds That Defendant Must Be Aware Of A Particular Investigation Or Audit To Be Convicted Under 26 U.S.C. § 7212(a)
March 19, 2018
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari On Mandatory Detention Under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c)
March 19, 2018
Justice Sotomayor Questions Validity Of Ohio Denying Appellate Review To Life-Without-Parole Sentences
March 19, 2018
Four Justices Question The Constitutionality of Arizona’s Death Penalty Scheme
March 16, 2018
CDC Reports 30% Increase In Opioid Overdoses From July 2016 to September 2017
March 16, 2018
Sentencing Comm’n Issues Report On Man-Min Penalties for Firearm Offenses

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