Sentencing Class @ OSU Moritz College of Law
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- Anyone have any distinct views on who Joe Biden should pick as US Attorney General?
- What data in the federal system would indicate the Biden Administration is drawing down the federal drug war?
- A final (too brief) foray into what metrics and data matter for assessing a sentencing system
- Reactions to our look behind the robes with federal sentencing judges?
- Are there any “offender characteristics” that you think must be considered at sentencing? If so, how?
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Category: Mini-papers
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I have now finally double- and triple-checked my various files to confirm my records on how many mini-papers I believe I received from each student. All 42 of you should be able to find you names on the spreadsheet uploaded here, and therein you will find an associated number for how many papers I have…
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As highlighted in previous posts, on April 2, Zachary Bolitho, Moritz class of 2007 who now serves as Deputy Chief of Staff and Associate Deputy Attorney General to the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, will be speaking to our class. As repeatedly mentioned, and as shown at the end of this list of US Sentencing Commissioners, Zachary…
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As mentioned in class, mini-paper #3 provides you an opportunity to explore federal sentencing realities surrounding a federal defendant of your choice. Continuing a series of posts providing suggestions about possible federal defendants you might consider examining for mini-paper #3, below are some links to some Sixth Circuit opinions all from the first two months…
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As mentioned in class, mini-paper #3 provides you an opportunity to explore federal sentencing realities surrounding a federal defendant of your choice. In a series of posts, I will be providing a series of suggestions about possible federal defendants you might consider examining for mini-paper #3. In this post, for example, I thought it worth…
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In a coming post, I will try to clarify any lingering questions students have about completing the final paper. But as classes technically are not yet done, I want to first clarify student mini-paper opportunities/expectations. First, to complete the course is a satisfactory manner, a student has to have submitted at least two mini-papers. (If…
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As the Course Description noted, part of your formal work in this class is to author (at least) two “mini-papers” which will comprise up to 20% of your final grade. (You can look through this blog's archives to see examples of the kinds of in-semester writings I have urged students to produce in previous years, though please…
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Well timed for the middle of the first week of final is the last set of student mini-papers for student review: Download Sentencing Reform Download Sex Crimes_Offenders Download War on Drugs Remember that if you are looking for a great way to earn some final extra credit, say smart things about one or more of…
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As promised (and threatened), I am now continuing to post collections of mini-papers produced by students throughout the semester. Here are three more of the collections: Download Marijuana Reform Download Juries Download Drunk driving
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As promised, I will be posting throughout this week and next the collections of mini-papers produced by students throughout the semester. Here are two more of the collections to go along with the death penalty collection posted previously: Download The Prison Experience Download Child Pornography Sentencing
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Thanks to the extraordinary help of my wonderful office assistant Allyson, I now have now finally assembled more than 60 of the mini-papers submitted over the last two months into nine subject-specific collections (in pdf form) for posting here and collective review. Huzzah! Though all the mini-papers are a whole lot to read in one sitting…
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