Articles
The Real (Sentencing) World: State Sentencing in the Post-Blakely Era (with Douglas A. Berman), Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2006)
Soon after the Supreme Court in Blakely v. Washington declared certain judicial fact-finding within a...
Write On!, Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2006)
Modern federal appellate review of sentences is a recent phenomenon introduced by the Sentencing Reform...
Evolution and Denial: State Sentencing after Blakely and Booker (with Daniel F. Wilhelm), Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2006)
Justice Louis Brandeis famously described the states as laboratories where individual jurisdictions can experiment with...
Guidance from Above and Beyond, Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2005)
Criminal sentencing does not just happen in the courtroom. Some key sentencing decisions happen long...
Norval Morris (with Marc Miller), Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities (Sage Publications) (2005)
The Next Era of Sentencing Reform, Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2004)
This article charts a path for criminal sentencing in the wake of the Supreme...
Hoist with their Own Petard?, Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2004)
In 2003, Congress and the Department of Justice tried to increase their control over the...
Get the Facts, Jack! Empirical Research and the Changing Constitutional Landscape of Consent Searches, Tennessee Law Review (2004)
In Pennsylvania, the Sentencing Remains the Same (with Frank Dermody), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Op-Ed) (2004)
The Foggy Road for Evaluating Punitive Damages: Lifting the Haze from the BMW/State Farm Guideposts (with John Y. Gotanda), Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2004)
In light of increasing punitive damages awards, the United States Supreme Court formulated criteria for...