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Crime and Justice News
Dec 24, 20242 min read
DOJ Claims Louisiana Holds Inmates Past Release Date
Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences , the U.S. Department of...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Advocates Point To A Well-Funded, Corporate Campaign Behind Tough-On-Crime Measures In CA
California voters chose harsher sentencing and tough-on-crime prosecutors this week in overwhelming numbers, the Intercept reports. ...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 24, 20241 min read
Shaneva McReynolds Assumes Presidency Of FAMM
FAMM, formerly called Families Against Mandatory Minimums), named Shaneva McReynolds as president. She has been involved with FAMM since...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 24, 20241 min read
Appeals Court Says 14-Year Term For Avenatti Was Excessive
A federal appeals panel vacated a 14-year prison term for suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn actor...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 8, 20242 min read
Opponents Of CA Plan To Boost Penalties Say It Is Too Costly
When it first emerged last year, a California proposal to increase penalties for some drug and theft crimes provoked a discussion over...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 29, 20242 min read
CA Bar Targets Inmates' Lawyer for 'Offering False Hope'
A West Los Angeles lawyer who signed up hundreds of prisoners as clients by convincing their desperate families he could free them faces...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 15, 20241 min read
Justices: Low-Level Drug Dealers Ineligible For Shorter Prison Time
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 13, 20241 min read
How a Native American Man Was Freed From a 60-150 Year Sentence
Efrain Hidalgo thought he would die in custody after being sentenced to 60 to 150 years on drug charges. Now, instead of spending the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 9, 20242 min read
D.C. Council To Decide Whether Man Formerly Incarcerated For Murder Should Help Shape Sentencing Guidelines
The D.C. Council is set to decide Tuesday whether a man who spent 27 years behind bars for murder should serve on a city commission that...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 2, 20232 min read
Thousands Of Federal Inmates May Get Shorter Terms Under New Rules
Sweeping changes to federal sentencing guidelines took effect on Wednesday, after Congress took no action to veto the U.S. Sentencing...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Federal Inmate, 81, Shows How Prison Reforms Missed The Mark
Federal inmate number 14289-077, Bonnie Erwin, 81, has been incarcerated for 39 years in different facilities. For the past three years,...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 22, 20231 min read
Court Tosses Man's 200-Year Term For 1976 Killing Of Chicago Cop
An appellate court panel could free a man imprisoned since 1976 in the shooting death of a Chicago police officer after ruling that his...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 1, 20232 min read
Court Delays Increase Zeal for Punishment, Study Finds
A series of studies showed that delays in the judicial process consistently result in more severe punishment, and that people pile on...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 25, 20231 min read
U.S. Commission Votes For Retroactive Sentencing Reductions
The United States Sentencing Commission voted to allow for retroactive sentence reductions and adopted its next set of policy priorities...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 24, 20232 min read
Innocence Claims Hitting New Roadblocks After June Ruling
Prisoners' lawyers say last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting innocence challenges in court is causing more harm in an arena...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 16, 20231 min read
Supreme Court Rules For Drug Trafficker In Bid For Lower Term
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled for a drug trafficker in his bid for a lesser sentence. In a unanimous ruling Friday, the justices said a...
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Crime and Justice News
May 17, 20232 min read
37 States Have Ended Mandatory Terms Or Given Judges More Power
Gwen Levi,, 77, is headed for her job at a Baltimore library. Her life is a far cry from where she was just a few years ago, behind bars...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 19, 20232 min read
GOP Senators Say Sentencing Shift Could Hamper Justice Reforms
A federal agency has given judges a new tool to reduce unusually long sentences for some prisoners if there is a change in a law, an...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Texas Man Gets 70-Year Prison Term For Spitting At Police
Larry Pearson, 36, was sentenced by a Lubbock, Tx., jury on Wednesday to 70 years in prison after he was found guilty on two counts of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 21, 20233 min read
Panel Questions Effectiveness Of Long Prison Terms
A national task force issued 14 recommendations on ways to enhance judicial discretion in sentencing, promote accountability, reduce...
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