Douglas A. Berman

Join us June 12 for the second event in our Drug Courts Webinar Series. The webinar is hosted by DEPC @OhioStateLaw, @Glenn_College, and @CornellSoc. Speakers: Alex Fraga, Rebecca Xie, and DEPC Exec. Dir. Douglas Berman (@slandp) Learn more and register: bit.ly/49fbOYM

Does Hamm v. Smith reveal that only a lone Justice is prepared to embrace fully an originalist Eighth Amendment jurisprudence on the death penalty? sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/doe… via @SLandP

Supreme Court DIGs death penalty case on application of Eighth Amendment bar to executing defendants with intellectual disability sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/sup… via @SLandP

The Drugs on the Docket #podcast is back with Season 4! Guests Joel Johnson and Jake Charles of @PeppLaw unpack amici briefs and oral arguments from the #SCOTUS case, United States v. Hemani. Find links to listen: go.osu.edu/drugsonthedock… Video description in thread.

Had a chance to re-read this post a year later, and all of my questions linger ... After Kennedy: pondering Eighth Amendment functioning and litigating open.substack.com/pub/sentencing…

Justice Sotomayor flags notable DOJ "policy" waiver of 2255 limitation as SCOTUS denies cert on sentencing innocence issue sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/jus… via @SLandP

New Virginia law creates automatic resentencing process for persons still serving sentences for marijuana offenses sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/new… via @SLandP

Are we getting sentencing opinions from the Supreme Court this week? sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/are… via @SLandP

This special issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter critically assesses whether and how the federal drug sentencing guidelines should be modernized. FSR is coedited by DEPC Exec. Dir. Douglas Berman (@SLandP). Read select articles free from @DukePress: read.dukeupress.edu/fsr/issue

Exploring Concerns About Discretion and Disparity in Second Look Sentencing @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

The Arizona initiative that would have repealed aspects of the state's #marijuana law will not appear on the #ballot this November. Explore our page detailing the drug-related measures that will appear on ballots as well as those that are still pending: bit.ly/4whgqHJ

"The Original Role of Article III in Federal Imprisonment" sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/the… via @SLandP

Exploring Concerns About Discretion and Disparity in Second Look Sentencing @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

April brought a major development in the effort to reschedule marijuana at the federal level. Read our latest LinkedIn newsletter to learn more about rescheduling, Ohio kratom changes, resource updates, upcoming events, and more: bit.ly/4d3zb8J

Happy Law Day! 🎉 First published in 1951, The Buckeye Barrister was Moritz’s “social media,” sharing news, events, and stories long before feeds or hashtags. Law Day became official on May 1, 1958, but Buckeye students were celebrating it years earlier! #FlashbackFriday

Florida and Texas, after completing executions yesterday, keep competing to keep death penalty alive in US sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/flo… via @SLandP

Anyone eager for tea leaf reading as we continue to await SCOTUS rulings in the sentence reduction cases? sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/any… via @SLandP

Three months after being signed into federal law, why hasn't Trafficking Survivors Relief Act gotten more attention? sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/thr… via @SLandP

DEPC Executive Director and @OhioStateLaw Professor Douglas Berman (@SLandP) appeared on @NPR's All Things Considered on Thursday to discuss the move to reschedule marijuana. Listen now! npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-…

Issue spotting just a few of many possible criminal justice echoes from federal marijuana rescheduling sentencinglawandpolicy.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/iss… via @SLandP