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"Courts Face Growing Battle Over Limits on Ex-Convicts"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this effective article in today's Wall Street Journal.  Here are some highlights: When felons are released from prison, what is the best way to give them back their freedom but make sure they don't commit a crime again? Trial judges across the country are struggling with that question, particularly as they confront a rise in federal sex-offense cases, some of which involve computer downloads of illegal pornography. The debate has intensified as some judges impose what felons say are broad or arbitrary restrictions on how they live once they are freed from prison, from bans on alcohol and gambling to constraints on housing arrangements.... The details of supervised release, which entails monitoring felons after they leave federal prison, are spelled out by judges when they issue sentences...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).