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Thousands of inmates sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) are serving prison terms that the US Supreme Court says are unconstitutional. The recent ruling in Erlinger v. United States mandates that a jury, not a judge, must determine whether prior convictions occurred on separate occasions before enhancing a sentence under ACCA. This landmark Read More The post Addressing Unconstitutional Sentences Under the ACCA: A Critical Analysis appeared first on Sentencing Stats.

The US Sentencing Commission created “JSIN” (sounds like “Jason”) as a resource for Judges who want to understand how defendants are really being sentenced under the guidelines. And, currently thirty-one federal jurisdictions are now incorporating JSIN data into the pre-sentence report. But, are the stats accurate? Could these numbers help or harm defendants? IN THIS Read More The post Federal Sentencing Commission JSIN “Judicial Sentencing Information” system and why it’s lacking appeared first on Sentencing Stats.

It is now DAY 50 of the outbreak in BOP facilities. For the second day in a row, the number of infected inmates is exploding, driven almost exclusively by FCI-Lompoc. Apparently, a second inmate has died at the USP-Lompoc, but the BOP is not reporting it. In fact, the BOP no longer is reporting the Read More The post CRISIS AT FCI-LOMPOC appeared first on Sentencing Stats.

These four charts provide a visualization of the spread of the coronavirus within BOP facilities based on the latest available data published by the BOP and other sources as of 8:30 EDT, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. These charts also provide some important comparisons to contextualize the growth of the virus within the BOP. The first Read More The post COVID-19 UPDATE appeared first on Sentencing Stats.

Daily statistical updates on the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the BOP that can be used to support Compassionate Release Petitions and Requests for Home Confinement Read More The post COVID-19 Statistics for Compassionate Release Petitions appeared first on Sentencing Stats.