Sentencing Matters Substack
DAB, Jonathan J. Wroblewski, Katie Kronick, Steven L. Chanenson, Sam J. Merchant, JaneAnne MurrayCommentary on why and how sentencing matters, from the editors of the Federal Sentencing Reporter
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Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense and Advocacy Clinic at University of Baltimore Law. I write about the intersection of mental disabilities and criminal law and procedure.
Steven L. Chanenson is a Professor of Law at Villanova University and one of the Managing Editors of the Federal Sentencing Reporter. Previously, he was an AUSA in Chicago and later the Chair of the PA Commission on Sentencing.
Associate Professor, University of Minnesota School of Law
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