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Chief district judges press AG Holder on various sentencing fronts

By Douglas A. Berman

The National Law Journal has this interesting new piece headlined "Attorney General Promises Judges a New Day at DOJ."  Here are some of the notable sentencing-related highlights: In his first confab with the nation's chief federal district judges, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. pledged to raise the bar of professionalism in the U.S. Department of Justice and acknowledged that the current procedure for reviewing complaints against attorneys was too slow and opaque. Nine chief judges described the April 21 meeting on the condition of anonymity because it was closed to the public.  Holder's words held the promise of reform for the approximately 90 judges who attended the annual meeting at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington as discovery abuses and other prosecutorial misconduct, new and old, have come under increased scrutiny in the aftermath of the Ted Stevens case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 05, 2009 (boomark / email).