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Crime and Justice News
Mar 8, 20232 min read
U.S. Justice Department Takes A Tough Stance On Sentencing
The U.S. Justice Department opposes a bipartisan proposal to restrict judges’ ability to impose longer sentences based on alleged crimes...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Biden Gives Green Light to Blocking D.C. Criminal Code Overhaul
A congressional attempt to block Washington, D.C.'s overhaul of its criminal sentencing laws gained momentum when President Biden said he...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 28, 20232 min read
Congress May Block D.C. Criminal Code Rewrite, Giving Issue To Biden
Republicans in Congress moved closer on Monday to blocking changes to the District of Columbia’s criminal code, potentially setting up a...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 27, 20232 min read
With Little Data, State Raise Penalties For Shoplifting
During an appearance last year on the show Fox and Friends, a former chief executive of Home Depot described a rise in shoplifting in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 27, 20231 min read
Justices' Review Of 'Safety Valve' Law Could Affect Many Drug Cases
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear what Ohio State University law Prof. Douglas Berman calls a fascinating statutory interpretation...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20232 min read
'Second Look' Case Illustrates Long Odds and System's Pitfalls
Recently enacted "second look" laws and local sentencing review units in certain cities exist to correct excessive and disproportionate...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 14, 20232 min read
Vera Proposes Seven Ways To Rectify U.S. Incarceration 'Crisis'
The Vera Institute of Justice issued A New Paradigm for Sentencing in the United States,. a report examining how sentencing practices...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 9, 20232 min read
New Study Finds Wide Support For 'Second Look' Sentencing
Washington, D.C., has implemented second look sentencing, permitting prisoners who committed their crime while young to ask a judge to...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Florida Man Nixes 3-Year Plea Deal, Gets 150-Year Term For Child Porn
Jared Stephens, diagnosed with years of untreated schizophrenia, is fighting a de facto life sentence for possession of child...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 13, 20232 min read
Sentencing Panel Urges Curbs On Penalties For 'Acquitted Conduct'
The U.S. Sentencing Commission has proposed curtailing the ability of judges to impose longer sentences on criminal defendants based on...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 29, 20222 min read
Supreme Court Mulls Taking Up Terms Based On 'Acquitted Conduct'
A jury convicted Dayonta McClinton of robbing a CVS pharmacy but acquitted him of murder. A judge gave McClinton an extra 13 years in...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 20, 20222 min read
Long U.S. Prison Terms Resemble Those In Developing Countries
As the use of prison sentences of 10 years or more has increased globally, the U.S. is an outlier among nations in the extent to which it...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Justices To Consider Consecutive Sentencing In Federal Gun Crimes
The Supreme Court will review whether drug traffickers or those who commit violent crimes have to serve extra prison time for carrying a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 7, 20222 min read
Congress Running Out of Time To Cut Disparity In Drug Sentences
With only a few weeks left in the congressional session, a final push for reducing the federal sentencing disparity between crack cocaine...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 5, 20221 min read
Florida County Approves Equitable Criminal Sentencing Technology
Florida's Eighth Judicial Circuit will become Florida's first circuit to integrate so-called equitable sentencing software as part of its...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Life Sentences Criticized By Civil And Human Rights Organizations
"Death by incarceration," meaning life sentences without the possibility of parole,, has been condemned by a coalition of civil and human...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 8, 20222 min read
A Call For Cutting Long Prison Terms For Those Posting Little Safety Risk
Over 260,000 people in U.S. prisons had been incarcerated for at least 10 years as of 2019, comprising 19 percent of the prison...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 8, 20221 min read
Appeals Court OK's 292-Year Term For Nonviolent Burglaries
A divided federal appeals court said a 292-year sentence for a string of nonviolent Arizona burglaries over three months was not "grossly...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 4, 20221 min read
Dr. Oz Twists Fetterman's View On Ending Life Sentences
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has advocated ending mandatory life sentences for what is...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 9, 20222 min read
Sentencing Commission Nominees Would Update First Step Act Advice
Seven nominees to the U.S. Sentencing Commission promised on Wednesday to prioritize implementing a major 2018 criminal justice reform...
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