For Immediate Release:
Feb 25, 20082008, 02, 25
U.S. District Judge John Gleeson Speaks at Hofstra Law School
U.S. District Judge John Gleeson Speaks at Hofstra Law School
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — U.S. District Judge John Gleeson recently spoke to a packed house at Hofstra Law School on: "The Sentencing Commission And Prosecutorial Discretion: The Role of the Courts in Policing Sentence Bargains."
In his February 13 speech, Judge Gleeson recommended that prosecutors be given the discretion to reach sentence bargains with defendants, even if the agreed-upon sentence is outside the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. His speech was the subject of an article in the
New York Law Journal on Feb. 14, written by Vesselin Mitev, a member of Hofstra Law's Class of 2008.
Judge Gleeson spoke as part of the annual Kaplan Memorial Lecture, the goal of which is to bring jurists of distinction and prominence to the Law School to address students, faculty, alumni and the legal community on important and timely legal issues.
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To watch the video of of Judge Gleeson's speech,
click here. |
To read a transcript of Judge Gleeson's remarks,
click here (PDF).
To read the NY Law Journal article about his speech,
click here (PDF).
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The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University is located 40 minutes from New York City in suburban Long Island. Hofstra Law is home to nearly 1,100 students, an alumni base of more than 10,300 members and a distinguished full-time faculty of 50 professors and approximately 80 adjunct professors, including many scholars recognized as national and international experts in their field. The law school is part of Hofstra University and is fully accredited by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association.
