The Long Shadow of Mass Incarceration: A Generation Imprisoned
Against The Current vol. 115
Brenner, Mark
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/63
Date Written: 2005-03-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2005
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13119
This January, the U.S. Supreme Court started what may prove to be a fundamental overhaul of criminal sentencing in federal jurisdictions. In two interrelated cases, Booker and Fanfan, the court struck down key elements of the current federal sentencing system, put in place over twenty years ago when Congress passed the Sentencing Reform Act.
