Though we could follow up on many points discussed in Wednesday's class in many ways, I wanted to here to link to recent reports (both long and short) to help get you thinking more about the different ways that different groups package their sentencing insights.
First, here is a linkto the full New York sentencing report from the state's Commission on Sentencing Reform. (This report runs a tree-frightening 326 pdf pages). Second, here is a linkto a new report The Sentencing Project, which highlights 17 states that enacted sentencing and corrections reforms in 2008. (This report is an eco-friendly 17 pdf pages).
Also, a new law review article discussed here provides a thoughtful perspective on equality issues that we will discuss during Friday's class and that we will struggle with through the semester. (This article is not (yet) required reading, but it is right now highly recommended.)
Sentencing Class @ OSU Moritz College of Law 
One response to “The long and short of sentencing reports . . . and equality conundrums”
This article makes me think: if we could afford to incapacitate all offenders, would we just do that?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/10/california.prisons/index.html
The last sentence of this article makes me wonder if states only consider other alternatives to incapacitation (i.e. rehabilitation) because we cannot afford to incapacitate everyone? If the cost of incapacitation was not an issue, would states have any reason to consider alternatives?
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