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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...
20 Αυγ 2024 · The First Step Act includes key sentencing reforms aimed at reducing lengthy and disproportionate sentences for nonviolent drug offenses while establishing incentives for rehabilitative programming in federal prisons.
17 Φεβ 2023 · Truly ending excessive penalties in the federal system requires a complete, top-to-bottom rethinking of federal sentencing law. But in the meantime, carefully crafted rules can allow judges to offer relief on a case-by-case basis.
Reform of the federal criminal justice system is urgently needed to restore balance to a system in crisis. Many states facing unsustainable prison growth have enacted sentencing reforms to expand alternatives to incarceration and shorten sentences for non-violent offenders, with good results.
22 Αυγ 2023 · In 2018, Congress passed and then-President Donald Trump signed into law the bipartisan First Step Act, a sweeping criminal justice reform bill designed to promote rehabilitation, lower recidivism, and reduce excessive sentences in the federal prison system.
The federal sentencing process typically begins well before the formal imposition of a sentence. It involves a lengthy adversarial process that revolves around the presentence report (PSR), which includes a proposed application of the sentencing guidelines.
