Documents & Publications

Fifteen Years of Guidelines Sentencing

The United States Sentencing Commission has issued a study entitled, Fifteen Years of Guidelines Sentencing. The study is a comprehensive review of the research literature and sentencing data assessing how well the guidelines have achieved the goals for sentencing reform established by Congress in the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.

Defender Newsletters

Newsletters referenced on this page are published online by Federal Public and Community Defender offices from around the country.

Reversible Errors

The purpose of this project, run by the Federal Defender offices for the districts of Northern New York & Vermont, is to try to give CJA Panel Attorneys a shortcut to case law that favor their clients. The cases listed are those in which a criminal defendant received relief from an United States Court of Appeals or the United States Supreme Court. The precedents were reviewed shortly before this publication was released to assure they had not been overruled.

The Liberty Legend & The Doing Time Times

Published by the National Association of Federal Defenders. You can visit their website here.

Judicial Branch Documents

Links to documents published by the US Courts and the Federal Judicial Center

Executive Branch Documents

Manuals & reports from the US Attorney's office, the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons, etc.