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. " ...

From The Hill, " Prison reform laws could safely send thousands home — if they’re enforced " From The Marshall Project, " New York’s Prison Guard Strike Ended Months Ago. For Some, Life-Threatening ...

Michael Tonry has been the leading commentator on the American sentencing reform movement since its beginning. Sentencing Matters, one of the most influential works on American sentencing ever ...

Motor vehicle theft had been on the rise from the summer of 2020 through 2023, but that trend reversed in 2024 and the downward trajectory continued into this year; there were 25% fewer motor vehicle ...

At yearend, a total of 26 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) held 2,192 prisoners under sentence of death, which was 73 (3%) fewer than at yearend 2022. Five states and FBOP received a ...

The Commission reviews and catalogs all public comment submissions for future reference and official recordkeeping purposes. A representative sample of public comment is carefully selected, redacted, ...

I am not sure I would describe criminal justice articles from Law360 as "beach reading," but I am sure that I have noticed a number of notable pieces on that site should not be overlooked amid summer ...

The sentence was at the low end of the 33 to 41 months called for under federal sentencing guidelines, but far more severe than the Justice Department under Trump had sought.

The title of this post is the title of this new article published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice and authored by Tracy Sohoni, Sylwia Piatkowska and Briana Paige. Here is its abstract: ...

The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Spencer Cooper now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: ...

Security and privacy must be balanced in prison technology upgrades: Implementing transdermal microchips requires strict data encryption, limited access, and clear policies to protect inmate privacy ...