federal sentencing guidelines

March 8, 2017 (Fault Lines) – The United States Supreme Court ruled on a major federal sentencing guidelines case this week. For the last decade plus, since the Supreme Court’s 2005 decision in Booker, the guidelines...

September 9, 2016 (Fault Lines) – There is a seemingly never-ending supply of issues to discuss in criminal law. Maybe admiralty law has as many niches and fertile research areas, but who besides 107 lawyers doing...

Feb. 26, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — A very fascinating (and very long) article at the Atlantic profiles John Coughenour, a Harley-riding, prison-visiting U.S. District Court judge from the Western District of Washington who has no love...