Sentencing reform
Federal judges are giving out shorter sentences in 30 cities since a key Supreme Court case
The Booker decision gave judges significantly more discretion to issue sentences that are harsher or more lenient than federal guidelines.
What Inmates Are Saying About Trump's Plan to Shorten Prison Sentences
“They give us hope and they take it away.”
Here’s what’s in the prison reform bill Trump just backed
The bill already passed the House in May with bipartisan support and has now moved onto the Senate, with some major changes.
A Third of the Inmates Being Released Early from US Federal Prison Face Deportation
As a new sentencing law allows many low-level drug traffickers to be freed from prison, advocates say that efforts to deport the non-citizens among them effectively punishes these convicts twice for the same crime.
What Federal Drug Offenders Are Saying About Congress Reforming Mandatory Minimums
Politicians are mulling changes to the law, but many prisoners are worried they'll slip through the cracks.
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