Weekly Round Up

I figure, at a minimum, I should do weekly roundups on Sundays.

First up, 10 year study from California Corrections on recidivism for convicted sex offenders. They put the rate of re-offense (conviction of a NEW sex crime, not a bad check, or a DUI) is about 3.4% with a less than 1% rate of re-offending after 5 years of release.

Our very own 6th Circuit made some noise in Capital Punishment circles. CA6 Chief J. Boyce Martin came out swinging against the death penalty in the courts opinion Wiles v. Bagley.

For true SCOTUS junkies, handy charts showing agreement percentages of the Court over the current session. Of course, if you're a true SCOTUS junkie, you already subscribe to SCOTUS blog, so you've seen it... Handy for all, is the summary of questions presented this term, from the same page.

Reclaiming Futures Everyday summarizes a study, which must have come from the Institute of the Bleeding Obvious, showing detaining juvenile offenders may do more harm than good.