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Federal Sentencing Data from US Sentencing Commission: Doug Berman posted the links to three new data sets that the US Sentencing Commission posted on its website this morning. His post has links to the September 2008 update of the U.S. Sentencing Commission Preliminary Post-Kimbrough/Gall Data Report; the FY2008 3rd Quarterly Sentencing Update; and Preliminary Crack Cocaine Retroactivity Data Report. Berman promises more on the new tables once he has a chance to "chew" on the data. Kennedy v. Louisiana Update: Briefs, on the question of possible rehearing of Kennedy v. Louisiana , were filed with the U.S. Supreme Court today. Lyle Denniston has a post discussing briefs submitted by Kennedy's defense counsel and the U.S. Solicitor General...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).