Front Matter Source: Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 24, No. 5, The Post-Booker Advisory Guidelines: Problem or Solution? (June 2012) Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the Vera Institute of Justice Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/fsr.2012.24.5.fm . Accessed: 15/05/2014 04:58 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . University of California Press and Vera Institute of Justice are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Federal Sentencing Reporter. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 193.104.110.110 on Thu, 15 May 2014 04:58:02 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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Front MatterSource: Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 24, No. 5, The Post-Booker Advisory Guidelines:Problem or Solution? (June 2012)Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the Vera Institute of JusticeStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/fsr.2012.24.5.fm .
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F E D E R A L S E N T E N C I N G R E P O R T E RVolume 24, Number 5 • June 2012
FOUNDING EDITORS
Daniel J. Freed
Marc Miller
ADVISORY BOARD
Albert W. Alschuler
Andrew Ashworth
Judy Clarke
Richard S. Frase
Roger W. Haines Jr.
Thomas W. Hillier II
Magdeline E. Jensen
Morris E. Lasker
Marc Mauer
Linda Drazga Maxfield
Barbara Meierhoefer
Jon O. Newman
Charles J. Ogletree
Dale G. Parent
Kevin R. Reitz
Jon M. Sands
Michael E. Smith
Kate Stith
Michael Tonry
Ronald F. Wright
Kimba M. Wood
Franklin E. Zimring
Rebecca Simon, Director
Journals and Digital Publishing
University of California Press
Cenveo Publisher Services, Compositor
EDITORS
Douglas A. Berman
Frank O. Bowman III
Steven L. Chanenson
Nora V. Demleitner
Mark D. Harris
Paul J. Hofer
Michael M. O’Hear
EDITORS EMERITI
Marc Miller
Aaron Rappaport
EDITORS’ NOTESFor a year or two after the U.S. Supreme Court decided Booker v. United States in January 2005, there was great ferment among those with a stake in federal criminal sentencing over whether the jury-rigged advisory system invented by the Court should be replaced, and if so, with what. The widespread unpopu-larity of the former guidelines regime, the doctrinal uncertainty the Court created with its convoluted Sixth Amendment stylings, political division in Congress, and other factors led to general acceptance of the notion that the advisory system should be allowed at least a trial run. Concern about how the trial is working, at least among Republican members of the House of Repre-sentatives, has led to a revival of discussion about whether the post-Booker advisory guidelines should be modified or replaced.
This issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter is devoted to chronicling the recent revisitation of the “Booker-fix” debate. Although, as will be evident from the materials in this issue, there seems little prospect of any very sig-nificant action in the immediate future, the debate provides a revealing window on the operation of the advisory system seven years on.
This issue also marks the end of FSR’s twenty-fourth year of publication. The journal has evolved from one initially focused on highlighting interest-ing court opinions about the then-new federal sentencing guidelines to its current form as a forum for discussion of a wide array of federal and state concerns about crime and punishment. Along the way, we lost the founding genius of FSR, our friend and mentor, Dan Freed. And his brilliant co-founder, Marc Miller, has moved on to emeritus status and a lower profile in the operation of the journal. Nonetheless, we fondly hope that we continue to fulfill their vision and to give our readers reason to value this project. Next year will be our Silver Anniversary, and we look forward to providing some particularly exciting issues to commemorate the occasion.
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