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SCOTUS reflections in Harvard Law Review covers Graham and Padilla effectively

By Douglas A. Berman

I just got around to noticing that the traditional November Harvard Law Review issue reviewing the work of the prior Term of the Supreme Court is now fully available on-line here.  Not surprisingly, this issue gives its greatest attention to the Citizens United ruling.  But the big cases from last Term that criminal justice fans now know by first names ? e.g., Skilling and McDonald ? also seem to get effective case-note treatment.  And, based on a quick skim, it seems that the two most significant rulings from last SCOTUS Term for sentencing law and policy are especially well examined in these short pieces: HLR assessment of Graham v. Floridaon the Eighth Amendment and LWOP sentences for juvenile offenders HLR assessment of Padilla v. Kentucky on the Sixth Amendment and advising defendants about collateral consequences of a conviction continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 15, 2010 (boomark / email).