
The Robina Institute’s work in Sentencing Law and Policy seeks to effect large scale and systemic improvements by providing direct assistance to jurisdictions exploring ways to advance their sentencing systems and by producing, encouraging, collecting, and disseminating policy-relevant research about the operations and effects of sentencing systems. This research looks at the impacts of sentencing systems on public safety, sentencing proportionality, racial and ethnic disparities, and imprisonment rates.
Recent Highlights
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Publication
Paying for the Past: The Case Against Prior Record Sentence Enhancements
August 12, 2019
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Report
New Report by Alexis Lee Watts: Closing the “Gap” Between Competency and Commitment in Minnesota : Ideas from National Standards and Practices in Other States
January 9, 2018
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Annual Conference
Reversing Mass Punishment in America
December 8, 2017
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News & Views from Robina
New Model Penal Code for Criminal Sentencing Approved by the American Law Institute: Comprehensive Reform Recommendations for State Legislatures
June 5, 2017
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Publication
Model Penal Code: Sentencing, Proposed Final Draft (approved May 2017)
June 5, 2017
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News & Views from Robina
It’s Time to Rethink Probation Lengths in Minnesota
January 13, 2017
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News & Views from Robina
Sentencing as a Human Process
November 4, 2016
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News & Views from Robina
Law School Student Representation of Clemency Applicants
October 26, 2016
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Report
Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission Length of Stayed Sentences: Sentenced 2014-15
October 17, 2016
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Policy Brief
Comparing Criminal History Enhancements in Three Jurisdictions
August 23, 2016
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News & Views from Robina
How Sentencing Guidelines and Other Reforms Can Reduce Unfair Penalties Imposed on Offenders Found Guilty At Trial
August 11, 2016
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News & Views from Robina
Homegrown Sympathizers and “Wannabe” Terrorists: Prevention, Just Deserts, and the War on Terror
July 13, 2016