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February 20, 2021 "Does Forfeiture Work? Evidence from the States" The title of this post is the title of this notable new report from the Institute for Justice and authored by Brian Kelly.  Here is the report's executive summary: This study provides the first multistate analysis of whether forfeiture works to fight crime or is, instead, used primarily to generate revenue.  These competing claims lie at the heart of the policy debate over forfeiture, a legal tool that allows law enforcement agencies to seize and permanently keep people’s cars, cash and even homes if they suspect the prope...

Reviewing the still uncertain state, and the still certain need, for effective federal crack retroactivity resentencing I have not been able to keep up with all of the jurisprudential ups and downs that have followed the FIRST STEP Act finally making retroactive key parts of the Fair Sentencing Act for federal crack offenders.  Thus, I am quite grateful that a recent email discussion with various lawyers led to Assistant Federal Defenders Johanes Maliza and Thomas Drysdale drafting this extended guest post to catch us all up on some critical cases and issues in this arena: The sentencing exc...

 LOUISVILLE – Brian Leasor, 54, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was sentenced by United States District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings on January 19, 2021, to 10 years in prison followed by a life term of Supervised Release for accessing with intent to view child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.  According to the Plea Agreement, in 2018, Leasor was serving a 10-year term of Supervised Release imposed in Criminal Action Number 3:05CR-003 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.  In that case, Leasor had pled guilty to one...

Remembering and honoring the (always timely) poignancy of the great words of Dr. Martin Luther King I sincerely adore MLK day, not only because I have a long tradition of always making time to listen to the full "I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. King, but also because in recent years I have used the day to explore Stanford University's awesome collection of MLK Papers.  In previous years (in posts linked below), I have quoted from various renown speeches and writings with an emphasis on the intersection of the civil rights movement and criminal justice reform.  This year, I was especially stru...