The US Sentencing Commission created “JSIN” (sounds like “Jason”) as a resource for Judges who want to understand how defendants are really being sentenced under the guidelines. And, currently thirty-one federal jurisdictions are now incorporating JSIN data into the pre-sentence report. But, are the stats accurate? Could these numbers help or harm defendants? IN THIS
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Mark Allenbaugh’s guest appearance on Drugs on the Docket Podcast
Listen to our president and co-founder, Mark Allenbaugh talks sentencing on The Ohio State University Lawschool’s podocast, Drugs on the Docket: #federalsentencing #sentencingstatistics #sentencinganalysis
Big Changes coming to Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Our founder, Mark Allenbaugh, has a fascinating discussion about the Federal Sentencing Guideline changes coming from the Federal Sentencing Commission, with Federal defense attorney Doug Passon on his podcast, “Set for Sentencing”. #federalsentencing #sentencingstatistics #sentencinganalysis
Priorities for the Newly Minted Federal Sentencing Guidelines
In this case, we deal with the “ABCs” of federal fraud sentencing, meaning, we’re doing a deep comparative analysis of three recent high profile cases: MICHAEL AVENATTI, SUNNY BALWANI, and JULIE & TODD CHRISLEY.
CRISIS AT FCI-LOMPOC
It is now DAY 50 of the outbreak in BOP facilities. For the second day in a row, the number of infected inmates is exploding, driven almost exclusively by FCI-Lompoc. Apparently, a second inmate has died at the USP-Lompoc, but the BOP is not reporting it. In fact, the BOP no longer is reporting the
Thirty Years of Federal Sentencing in Pictures
Below is a link to a presentation by Chief Research Officer Mark H. Allenbaugh. In the in-depth presentation he provides a statistical overview of how the sentencing landscape has changed under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines over the past 30 years. He notes how increased prosecution rates and average sentences have contributed to the explosion in the