Sound Sentencing Policy: Balancing Justice and Dollars

 

Agenda

 

Sunday - August 8, 2010

3:00 pm    Registration Begins

5:00 pm    NASC 2010 Conference Reception
 

 


Monday- August 9, 2010

7:30 am     Breakfast

8:30 am     Welcome Address

Honorable Sue Bell Cobb, Chief Justice, Alabama Supreme Court
Honorable William Pryor, Circuit Judge, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Honorable Joseph Colquitt, Chair, Alabama Sentencing Commission
Meredith Farrar-Owens, Deputy Director, Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission and NASC President



9:00 am    Plenary Session 1: Balancing Justice and Dollars

Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb, Alabama Supreme Court
Patricia Riley, Special Counsel, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
Moderator:  Kara Dansky, Director Stanford Criminal Justice Center, Stanford School of Law and NASC Vice President  

 

10:30 am              Morning Break

 

10:45 am              Roundtable Discussions

Role of Sentencing Commissions: Commissions Rise and Lead

Presentation

Honorable Michael Marcus, Circuit Judge, Multnomah County Oregon Circuit Court
Dabney Friedrich, Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission
Moderator:  Dave Soulé, Director, Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy

Drug Courts

Presentation 1       Presentation 2

Daniel Abrahamson, Director of Legal Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance
West Huddleston, CEO, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Moderator:  Helen Pedigo, Director, Kansas Sentencing Commission

Project HOPE

Judge Steven S. Alm, Circuit Judge, Hawaii and founder of Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program
Angela Hawken, Assistant Professor, Pepperdine University
Moderator:
 Linda Holt, Research Director, Massachusetts Sentencing Commission


12:30 pm            Luncheon    
  

Honorable William Pryor, Circuit Judge, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

 

2:00 pm              Workshop Session 1:

Data Collection and Utilization Workshop

Presentation 1      Presentation 2

Dr. John Speir, Applied Research Services
Glenn Schmitt, Director, Office of Research and Data, U.S. Sentencing Commission
Moderator:
  Melisa Morrison, Research Analyst, Alabama Sentencing Commission

Bringing Risk/Needs to Scale Workshop

Presentation

Brian Lovins, Research Associate, University of Cincinnati
Jennifer Fahey, Criminal Justice Consultant
Moderator:  Craig Prins, Director, Oregon Criminal Justice Commission

Truth in Sentencing Roundtable

Honorable Joseph Colquitt, Chair, Alabama Sentencing Commission
Honorable Robert J. Humphreys, Virginia Court of Appeals
Jeff Edblad, Chair, Minnesota Sentencing Commission
Moderator:  Lynda Flynt, Director, Alabama Sentencing Commission


3:15 pm               Afternoon Break

 

3:30 pm               Workshops and Roundtable Continued

  
 

 

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

7:30 am               Breakfast
 

8:30 am               Plenary Session 2: State and Federal Sentencing: Lessons Learned from the Struggle to Balance Justice and Dollars  

Bobby Vassar, Chief Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives
Honorable Floyd Prozanski, Senator, Oregon
Moderator:
 Meredith Farrar-Owens, Deputy Director, Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission and NASC President



10:00 am             Morning Break

 

10:15 am             Workshop Session 2:

Impact Analysis

Presentation 1      Presentation 2

Helen Pedigo, Director Kansas Sentencing Commission
Dr. Lou Reedt, Deputy Director,
Office of Research and Data, U.S. Sentencing Commission
Moderator:  Barb Tombs, Executive Director, DC Sentencing and Criminal Code Revision Commission

Risk/Needs Assessment at Sentencing

Presentation

Judge Michael Wolff, Missouri Supreme Court
David Oldfield, Director, Research and Evaluation, Missouri Department of Corrections
Moderator:  Meredith Farrar-Owens, Deputy Director, Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission and NASC President

 

11:15 am            2nd Morning Break

 

11:30 am            Workshop Session 2 Continued

 

12:30 pm            Luncheon:  NASC Business Meeting

 

2:00 pm              Roll Call of States

Each state will be asked to discuss the challenges, other than financial, that their sentencing commission and/or criminal justice systems are facing, current or controversial issues in their state, and innovative projects that have been undertaken.
Moderator: Cathy Zacharias, Legal Counsel, Office of the State Courts Administrator, Oregon