In November 2017, the U.S. Sentencing Commission issued the third in a series of reports examining the correlation of demographic factors, most notably race, and the length of sentence in federal criminal cases in the years after the Supreme Court’s 2005 decision in United States v. Booker. The Booker decision made the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines … Continue reading Fact Sheet: Commission’s Report Alleging Increased Judicial Discretion Creates Increased Racial Disparity is Flawed and Being Misused