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U.S. v. Booker: The Left Wing Gives and the Right Wing Takes Away
U.S. v. Booker: The Left Wing Gives
and the Right Wing Takes Away
by David Zuckerman
As federal prisoners are well aware, the facts found by a jury often bear little relation to the facts relied on at sentencing. Under the federal Guidelines, the sentencing judge determines a wide variety ...
and the Right Wing Takes Away
by David Zuckerman
As federal prisoners are well aware, the facts found by a jury often bear little relation to the facts relied on at sentencing. Under the federal Guidelines, the sentencing judge determines a wide variety ...
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- California Corrections System Officially Declared Dysfunctional" - Redemption Doubtful
- Pay To Play: Guard Union Spreads the Wealth
- New York Jail Settles Strip-Search Suit For $2.7 Million
- Five Florida Cases Remanded for Award of Jail or Prison Credits
- South Carolina Prison Officials Cheat Charity, Attempt Coverup
- Washington Guards Settle Lawsuits For $7,270,000 And $810,000, Lose Third
- Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Promising Favor from Judge for Money
- Harsher Oregon Parole Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively
- From the Editor
- Problems Plague Illinois Jails And Prisons, Employees Watch Television for Pay, by Michael Rigby
- Connecticut Woman Gang-Raped In Sheriff's Van Settles Suit For $480,000
- Prison Population Still Rising in Mid-Year 2003
- Exhaustion of Administrative Remedy Requirement May be Excused
- Wrongfully-Convicted Missouri Woman Receives $7.5 Million After 16 Years in Prison
- Judges Of Death, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
- U.S. v. Booker: The Left Wing Gives and the Right Wing Takes Away, by David Zuckerman
- Delaware Prisoner's $100,000 Damage Award For Retaliation Upheld
- Fulton County Jail under Federal Control
- 9th Circuit Explains Habeas Jurisdiction Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Upholds Washington Transfer to Priv
- NO FTCA or IIED Claims Stated in Oregon Testicular Radiation Case
- Uprising by Vermont Prisoners Damages CCA Prison in Kentucky, by Matthew Clarke
- Destruction of Exculpatory Disciplinary Evidence May Violate Due Process Clause
- New York Jail's Strip Search Policy Permanently Enjoined
- Oregon Ban On Sexually Explicit Mail, Fantasy Games Upheld, State Law Claims Remanded
- Washington Community Custody Sanctions Upheld
- Delaware Prisoner Killed In Hostage Standoff, Counselor Raped
- Summary Judgment Reversed In Los Angeles Jail Over-Detention Suit
- Harsh Pre-trial Conditions of Confinement Justify Reduced Federal Sentence
- Fourth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner's FTCA Claim
- Pennsylvania Statute Banning Sex Between Staff and Prisoners Upheld
- $78,435 in Attorney Fees for Successful Challenge to Pennsylvania's Megan's Law
- PHS and Florida Sheriff Fight Over Liability in Jail Beating Death Suit
- Mailbox Rule Applies to Texas Prisoners Civil Filings
- Civil Punitive Damages On Top Of Criminal Punishment Is Not Double Punishment
- Arizona Appellate Court Vacates Restitution Order In Escape Case
- Idaho Prisoner States Valid Retaliation Claim Against Parole Commission
- Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising, by Karen Thimmes
- Missouri Post-Conviction Proceedings Not Encompassed By PLRA Payment Scheme
- Massachusetts Court Imposes Time Limits For Unrepresented Criminal Defendants
- News in Brief:
- Washington Absconding Does Not Toll LFO Collection Statue
More from David Zuckerman:
- U.S. v. Booker: The Left Wing Gives and the Right Wing Takes Away, March 15, 2005
- The Unmourned Death of Felony Murder by Assault in Washington, Dec. 15, 2002
- U.S. Supreme Court: No Death Penalty for Retarded; Juries Must Impose Death Sentence, Sept. 15, 2002
- Anti-Terrorism Act Terrorizes Habeas Petitioners, Aug. 15, 1996
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- Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing, Jan. 1, 2024. Sentencing, Good Time, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Credits.
- Changing Perception, Changing The Law, April 15, 2020. Sentencing, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
- Seventh Circuit: Trial Judge Violated 5th Amendment by Modifying Instructions to Allow Jury to Convict on Offenses Not Charged in Indictment, April 15, 2020. Sentencing.
- SCOTUS: ‘Serious Drug Offense’ Under ACCA Is Self-Defining, Match with Equivalent Federal Offense Not Required, April 15, 2020. Sentencing.
- Illinois Prisoner Locked Up Decades Without a Conviction or Sentence, April 1, 2020. Criminal Prosecution, Sentencing.
- Racial Disparity at Sentencing on the Rise, March 18, 2020. Racial Discrimination, Sentencing.
- Kansas Supreme Court: Claim of Illegal Sentence Raised for First Time on Appeal Entitled to Merits Review, March 18, 2020. Appeals, Sentencing.
- Utah District Court Finds First Step Act Gives Court Authority to Reduce Stacked 55-Year § 924(c) Sentence, March 18, 2020. Sentencing.
- Unsurprisingly Lenient Sentence for Rapist Cop, Feb. 19, 2020. Police Misconduct, Sentencing, Police.
- Study Confirms Immigrants Sentenced More Harshly in Non-Immigrant Areas, Feb. 19, 2020. Racial Discrimination, Sentencing, Immigration.