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Term Talk: Jones v. Mississippi, Edwards v. Vannoy

James A. Chance, Suzanna Sherry, Laurie Levenson

October 28, 2021

Constitutional Criminal Law. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s elimination of the Watershed Exception for procedural rule changes in Edwards v. Vannoy, and the lack of need for specific findings in life without parole sentencing of juveniles in Jones v. Mississippi.

Alternative Court Programs

Joseph LaFratta, Mary Page Kelley, Jason A. Cantone

December 3, 2020

Chief Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley (D. Mass.) and Deputy Chief Probation Officer Joseph LaFratta (D. Mass.) discuss the structure, commitment required, and lessons learned from their court’s experience with a successful drug treatment court program.

Off Paper – Episode 16: Creativity During COVID-19: How Probation and Pretrial Officers Are Managing Crisis

Jennifer Simone, January Welks, Guy Bourgon

June 15, 2020

U.S. probation and pretrial services officers January Welks and Jennifer Simone discuss how the pandemic has called for new ways of thinking and working, in some cases leading to positive change in both their professional and personal lives.

Off Paper - Episode 13: "Reentry Begins at Arrest": A Conversation with Chief U.S. Pretrial Services Officer Christine Dozier (Ret.)

Mark A. Sherman, Christine Dozier

December 10, 2019

Chief U.S.

Off Paper – Episode 11: A Conversation About Presentence Investigation, the Presentence Report, and Sentencing

Mark A. Sherman, Connie M. Smith, Ricardo S. Martinez

July 17, 2019

Chief U.S. Probation Officer Connie Smith and Chief U.S.

Off Paper - Episode 2: Holistic Criminal Defense at Pretrial and Reentry

Mark A. Sherman, Kathryn N. Nester, Maureen Scott Franco

April 13, 2017

Holistic defense is also called community-oriented defense, therapeutic defense, or holistic advocacy. Whatever the name, its purpose is to solve underlying social and environmental problems that may have contributed to an individual's involvement in crime.

Supervising Cybercrime Offenders Through Computer-Related Conditions: A Guide for Judges

Stephen E. Vance

October 27, 2015

This guide provides an overview of special conditions of supervised release and probation restricting computer and Internet use in an effort to protect the public from cybercrime, including child pornography offenses.

Supreme Court: The Term in Review (2014-2015)

July 15, 2015

Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges, Sixth Edition [SUPERSEDED]

Federal Judicial Center

March 1, 2013

Superseded by Benchbook for U.S. District Courts, Seventh Edition

Process-Descriptive Study of Judge-Involved Supervision Programs in the Federal System

Barbara Meierhoefer, Patricia D. Breen

February 1, 2013

This report presents the results of the Federal Judicial Center's retrospective process-descriptive study of judge-involved supervision programs for offenders in the federal courts.