Alan Vinegrad

April 09, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Alan Vinegrad, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and a partner at Covington & Burling, and Douglas Bloom, an associate at the firm, write that the banking and automotive industries are not the only sectors of our society now suffering the pain of past choices. Policy decisions made over the past three decades have created a prison crisis within this country that has brought with it dire effects, both financial and social.

By Alan Vinegrad and Douglas Bloom

16 minute read

February 16, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Sentencing Guidelines column, Alan Vinegrad and Jason Levine of Covington & Burling write: Given the direction of the Supreme Court's recent sentencing decisions, the mandatory minimum issue may be next on its docket. Though some mandatory minimums are a result of findings made by the jury, many are based on post-conviction judicial fact-finding, and will have a hard time withstanding Supreme Court scrutiny.

By Alan Vinegrad and Jason Levine

15 minute read

June 10, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In his Sentencing Guidelines column, Alan Vinegrad, a partner at Covington & Burling, writes that the new Holder Memo reflects a long-overdue statement of departmental policy that better reflects the post-Guideline federal sentencing world.

By Alan Vinegrad

13 minute read

January 21, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Alan Vinegrad, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and a partner at Covington & Burling, and Mark Falkoff, an associate at the firm, write that federal district judges have regained much of the sentencing discretion they enjoyed before the guidelines. This turn of events, they predict, will please critics of the guidelines regime, who recently saw the sentencing power of federal judges reach its nadir with the passage of the PROTECT Act.

By Alan Vinegrad and Marc Falkoff

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January 30, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Alan Vinegrad, a partner at Covington & Burling, and Douglas Bloom, an associate at the firm, write that in the two years since Booker was handed down, the federal Courts of Appeals have each settled on their own view of the appropriate scope of sentencing review. This term, the Supreme Court will review both the presumptive reasonableness and sliding-scale review standards.

By Alan Vinegrad and Douglas Bloom

15 minute read

October 12, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Alan Vinegrad, a partner at Covington & Burling, and Douglas Bloom, an associate at the firm, write that although much attention has been paid to the growing rate of exonerations, much less attention has been paid to what happens after exoneration. The wrongfully convicted face many of the same hurdles as those properly found guilty - finding housing, rebuilding lost careers and relationships. Yet exonerees are often ineligible for the assistance provided to parolees.

By Alan Vinegrad and Douglas Bloom

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