Year End Review (White Collar Support Presentation)

About this episode

Doug Passon reflects on effective sentencing strategies and shares insights from his presentation to the White Collar Support community.

It's the last podcast of the year, and what better way to end than with a presentation to the amazing group, White Collar Support ( www.prisonist.org) . I was grateful to have the opportunity to present to this community, a brainchild of attorney Jeff Grant. It's particularly fitting for a 2025 finale, as the hour is a recap of the effective sentencing strategies we've been discussing on this podcast, and deploying in our own cases. Please like, share and subscribe. Have great holidays. Drink a responsible amount of great tequila, and we will see you in 2026!!! IN THIS EPISODE: Doug Passon's story! Including Mitigation Filmmaking, Sentencing Consulting, and Autism-informed criminal defense; Narrative is everything; Defense Maps; The "3Rs" of mitigation narrative; There are at least TWO SENTENCINGS that occur in every case; Mitigation development must start EARLY; Use of qualified experts to bolster sentencing narratives; Choosing your prison experts wisely – all are not created equal; Effectively using sentencing and life expectancy statistics; The nuts and bolts of sentencing mitigation films; The value (or lack thereof) of sentencing letters; The power of allocution; Tips for…

People in this episode

Host: Doug Passon

Topics covered

• sentencing strategies
• mitigation filmmaking
• criminal defense
• narrative development
• expert testimony
• allocution

Keywords

• sentencing
• mitigation
• criminal defense
• narrative
• expert testimony
• allocution
• White Collar Support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: White Collar Support

Products: Dr. Not Guilty

Books & works: The Simpsons

More episodes of Set For Sentencing

• Pleading Straight Up, No Chaser! (Part I) · April 6, 2026 · 55 min
• Atkins & The IQ Fallacy: Why IQ is Not a Reliable Measure of Culpability (with Dr. Ted Lidsky) · March 23, 2026 · 1h 0m
• Life for Charles "Sonny" Burton: Act now to Save Sonny! · March 9, 2026 · 56 min
• What's Crackin' at the Sentencing Commission - New Proposals that Could Change the Shape of Federal Sentencing · February 23, 2026 · 1h 0m
• Absolute Power (Pt.II): Clear Messaging in the Age of the Information Maelstrom · February 9, 2026 · 60 min
• Absolute Power Pt. I: Politization and Weaponization at the DOJ (With Gary Restaino) · February 2, 2026 · 55 min