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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PublicationPaying for the Past: The Case Against Prior Record Sentence Enhancements
August 12, 2019
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ReportNew 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 ConferenceReversing Mass Punishment in America
December 8, 2017
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News & Views from RobinaNew 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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PublicationModel Penal Code: Sentencing, Proposed Final Draft (approved May 2017)
June 5, 2017
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News & Views from RobinaIt’s Time to Rethink Probation Lengths in Minnesota
January 13, 2017
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News & Views from RobinaSentencing as a Human Process
November 4, 2016
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News & Views from RobinaLaw School Student Representation of Clemency Applicants
October 26, 2016
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ReportMinnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission Length of Stayed Sentences: Sentenced 2014-15
October 17, 2016
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Policy BriefComparing Criminal History Enhancements in Three Jurisdictions
August 23, 2016
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News & Views from RobinaHow 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 RobinaHomegrown Sympathizers and “Wannabe” Terrorists: Prevention, Just Deserts, and the War on Terror
July 13, 2016