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1 Φεβ 2024 · Feb 1 (Reuters) - Thousands of federal inmates, who are disproportionately Black and Hispanic, became eligible on Thursday for reduced sentences, and in many cases immediate release from...
15 Μαρ 2024 · The Supreme Court sided with the government on Friday, narrowly interpreting a provision of a landmark criminal justice law in a decision likely to limit the number of federal prisoners who...
17 Φεβ 2023 · United States — raised hope for expanded relief for those still in prison under now-repudiated federal penalties. Instead, there remains a deep disagreement among federal courts over how, if at all, to weigh nonretroactive changes to federal penalties when revisiting a prison sentence.
1 Απρ 2016 · Schematic graphic showing how states can shorten excessive prison sentences by making all incarcerated people eligible for parole at the 15-year mark. Retroactive application of sentence reduction reforms. Sentences are determined based on the laws in place at the time the crime was committed.
The Supreme Court’s disappointing holdings in the California Three Strikes cases have probably led many observers to conclude that there are no effective constitutional limits on excessively long prison sentences. This Article argues the contrary, and makes three main points.
The convergence of COVID-19’s arrival in the United States and the FSA’s revisions to the federal sentence reduction statute prompted judges to consider whether prison conditions can change how much punishment a sentence carries out.
5 Νοε 2018 · The mandatory sentencing laws enacted in 1986 and 1988, along with other provisions added since that time, have led to the large-scale problem of life- and long-term imprisonment imposed on federal offenders, with drug offenders getting particularly harsh sentences.
