Sentencing Matters Substack
DAB, Jonathan J. Wroblewski, 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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Immersive Sentencing Education: The Villanova Sentencing Workshop Example
This essay is part of a series of Sentencing Matters reflections on teaching sentencing.
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Teaching sentencing is tricky. This is because, as I described in a previous Sentencing Matters essay some months ago, sentencing is typically...
The Sentencing Matters Substack Interview: U.C. Berkeley University Medalist Charles Edward Long
Charles Long graduated from U.C. Berkeley last month as the winner of the University Medal, the campus’s top award for a graduating senior. As you might expect from such an honoree, Long had a 4.0 GPA, professors who thought much of him, an...
The Supreme Court Draws a Murky Line; The Sentencing Commission Should Help Clarify It
In Hunter v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that defendants can sometimes appeal a sentence even when they waived their right to do so. But as with many Supreme Court rulings, Hunter left the defining legal line murky, here the line...
FSR Volume 38, Issue 2: Modernizing Federal Drug Sentencing
We are pleased to highlight the publication of the latest issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter. It is titled “Modernizing Federal Drug Sentencing,” and is the first of a two-part special issue that continues a conversation the U.S. Sent...
The Sentencing Matters Substack Book Review: The Science of Second Chances, by Jennifer Doleac
Last week, Apple held its 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the last one presided over by outgoing CEO Tim Cook. As usual, Cook and his colleagues announced new products and new features for existing ones. The point of these conf...
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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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