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Criminal Justice Institute
and
Houston Law Review
Present

Federal Sentencing Challenges Post-Booker

Thursday, November 14—
Friday, November 15, 2013

Five Hours Of CLE Participatory Credit, Including One Hour Of Ethics Credit

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Schedule

Thursday, November 14, 2013 Coronado Club 919 Milam Houston, TX
5:30	Opening Reception
6:15	Keynote Address HON. WILLIAM K. SESSIONS, III U.S. District Court, District Of Vermont The Relevance of Offender Characteristics in a Guideline System
Friday, November 15, 2013 University of Houston Law Center 109 BLB Houston, TX
8:45	Welcome SANDRA GUERRA THOMPSON Professor, University Of Houston Law Center Director, Criminal Justice Institute
9:00	DOUGLAS A. BERMAN Professor, The Ohio State University Moritz College Of Law Why The Post-Booker Federal SentencingSystem Is So Stable And So Hard To FullyUnderstand
9:30	FRANK O. BOWMAN, III Professor, University Of Missouri-School Of Law & Deputy Chief Of The Appellate Division Dead Law Walking: The Surprising Tenacity Of The Federal Sentencing Guidelines Commentators: JUDGE GRAY H. MILLER U.S. District Court Judge CARMEN MITCHELL Assistant U.S. Attorney & Deputy Chief Of The Appellate Section
10:30	MELISSA HAMILTON Visiting Scholar, University Of HoustonLaw Center Prison By Default: Challenging Imprisonment As Presumptive Sentencing Policy In The Federal Criminal Justice System Commentators: BRENT NEWTON Deputy Staff Director, U.S. Sentencing Commission ROBERT STABE Asst. U.S. Attorney & Deputy Chief Of The Criminal Division
11:30	Lunch, Heritage Room BRENT NEWTON A Discussion Of The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Report To Congress: Federal Child Pornography Offenses
12:45	CARISSA BYRNE HESSICK Professor, S.J. Quinney College Of Law at the University of Utah A Critical View Of The Sentencing Commission’s Recent Recommendations To “Strengthen The Guidelines System” Commentators: RENATA GOWIE Asst. U.S. Attorney & Chief Of The Appellate Section TIMOTHY CROOKS Supervisory Assistant Federal Public & Chief Of The Appellate Section
1:45	SUSAN R. KLEIN Professor, The University Of Texas School Of Law Why Federal Prosecutors Charge: A Comparison Of Federal And New York State Arson And Robbery Filings, 2008 – 2010. Co-Authors: Michael Gramer, Daniel Graver, And Stefanie Lindquist Commentators: JUDGE VANESSA GILMORE U.S. District Court Judge MARJORIE MEYERS Federal Public Defender, Southern District Of Texas