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US Sentencing Commission publishes fascinating new survey of district judges' views on sentencing

By Douglas A. Berman

Just posted on the website of the US Sentencing Commission is this new document titled "Results of Survey of United States District Judges: January 2010 through March 2010."  As the website explains, the "Sentencing Commission undertook to survey all United States district court judges concerning their views and opinions on a wide range of sentencing policy issues," and this publication presents the results of that survey.  Here are a few snippets from the report about the survey: The Commission?s 2010 survey asked questions grouped into five broad areas: (1) statutory and structural sentencing issues; (2) sentencing hearings; (3) guideline application issues; (4) departures; and (5) general assessments. Judges were provided an opportunity to offer written comments in addition to or to expand upon their answers to the survey questions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 09, 2010 (boomark / email).