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Sentencing thanks and holiday reform wishes...

By Douglas A. Berman

My only post today will be this one expressing thanks for the various developments and forces that are now converging to make me hopeful (though not yet fully optimistic) that the United States is on the cusp of a new era of sentencing law and policy in which "smart-on-crime" reforms will slowly undo some of the "tough-on-crime" excesses of the last quarter-century.  For anyone visiting this blog during a break from turkey and stuffing, I hope you might use the comments to express either sentencing thanks or holiday sentencing reform wishes.  Sadly, there are lots of depressing stories that surround modern sentencing law and policy.  Thus I am eager for readers to help me kick off this holiday season with thanks for effective sentencings past and hopes for a better sentencing future...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 27, 2008 (boomark / email).