Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Blakely and its Chaos in the News
News articles re: Blakely: Washington Post "High Court Decision Sows Confusion on Sentencing Rules" by Dan Eggen and Jerry Markon; The New York Times "Justices' Sentencing Ruling May Have Model in Kansas" by Adam Liptak; USA Today "High court ruling sows confusion Decision has cast doubt on state, federal sentencing guidelines" by Joan Biskupic; Seattle Post-Intelligencer "'Utter chaos' means less-severe sentences for serous crimes - Judges try to discern how badly the system has been upended" by Tracy Johnson; The Tampa Tribune "Confusion Rules In Federal Courts" by Elaine Silvestrini; and at Slate "Run-on Sentencing - The barely noticed mayhem following the Supreme Court's Blakely decision." by Gerald Shargel.