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Emeritus Professor of Law Robert G. Lawson. Mark Cornelison | UK Photo.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2020) University of Kentucky Libraries has awarded the 2020 UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement to Emeritus Professor of Law Robert G. Lawson, a nationally recognized scholar on criminal law and the individual responsible for drafting the state’s laws on crime and punishment.
Created in 1990 and considered one of UK s most prestigious awards, the medallion honors a Kentucky resident whose accomplishments represent the pinnacle of education and creative thought in the fields of science, literature, art and philanthropy. Medallion recipients are determined by the UK Libraries National Advisory Board after receiving nominations from the public. Past recipients include John Anthony, Wendell Berry, James Still, Bobbie Ann Mason, Thomas D. Clark, Dr. Laman A. Gray Jr., Guy Davenport, George C. Herring, Adalin Wichman, John Egerton, Karl Raitz, George Wright, James C. Klo
An awesome reading list on Second Look Sentencing
Greg Newburn has created this terrific new posting under the title Second Look Sentencing: A (Running) Reading List for Legislators, Staff, Advocates, and Everyone Else. I highly recommend all the items linked in this great reading list, and here is the post s preface to the list:
The idea of “Second Look” sentencing that the law should allow some mechanism by which institutional actors can legally revisit sentences to ensure they remain appropriate (or to adjust those that never were) has been around for some time. Now, it is gaining traction. For example, the Model Penal Code now contains a second look provision; last year, a second look bill was filed in the Florida Legislature, and passed several committees (the bill was recently re-filed for the 2021 session); a second look bill looks poised to pass in Washington, D.C. any day now; the new District Attorney for Los Angeles County, George Gascón, announced his