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The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Spencer Cooper now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: I estimate the causal effect of mandatory minimum (MM) eligibility on ...

Law360 has this lengthy new article providing a detail examination of the Supreme Court's rulings in an array of criminal cases during its October 2024 Term. The article's headline, "High Court Term ...

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A busy summer continues for the US Sentencing Commission. A couple of weeks ago, as detailed here, the Commission conducted a "Public Hearing on Retroactivity" to "gather testimony from invited ...

The explanation may be the sheer volume of different efforts to reduce violence." From Fox News, " America’s crime drop isn’t a coincidence. Trump’s immigration policies are working: New report shows ...

From Rory Little, " Justice Neil Gorsuch’s "right to jury trial' revolution ": ...

This New York Times piece, headlined "N.J. Criminal Cases Screech to a Halt as Habba’s Authority Is Challenged," reports on the still-developing story: Federal court proceedings throughout New Jersey ...

Early in 2022, the pattern reversed, and homicide has been declining in every subsequent year. By the end of 2024, the new data show 20,157 homicides, only about 1,000 more than in 2019, the last full ...

From Jonathan Wroblewski at the Sentencing Matters Substack, " Hewitt v. United States: The Linguistics and Analysis Are Dubious. The Result Is Right. " ...

I noted in this post last week that the new Direcotr of the federal Bureau of Prisons has created a new First Step Act Task Force. This new Forbes article by Walter Palvo, headlined "Bureau Of Prisons ...