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Aug 30, 2016
President Obama Announces a Second Set of More than 100 Clemency Grants This Month
WASHINGTON 鈥� In his second set of clemency grants this month, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 111 prisoners today, 72 of whom were applicants whose petitions wer...
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Aug 18, 2016
Justice Department Tells Bureau of Prisons to Phase Out Private Prisons
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Department of Justice announced today that it is ordering the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin phasing out its use of private prisons.
The order, announc...
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Prisoners' Rights
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Jun 03, 2016
President Commutes Life Without Parole Sentence of 老澳门开奖结果 Client Douglas Ray Dunkins Jr.
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Barack Obama today commuted the sentences of 42 people, including Douglas Ray Dunkins Jr., 50, who has been serving life without parole for a nonviolent dr...
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May 23, 2016
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Contempt Order Against Corrections Corporation of America
BOISE, Idaho 鈥� A federal appeals court has upheld a contempt order against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for violating terms of a settlement agreement over how it oper...
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Prisoners' Rights
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Court case: Kelly v. Wengler
May 19, 2016
Clemency Project 2014 Surpasses 1,000 Submitted Clemency Petitions
WASHINGTON 鈥� Last week, Clemency Project 2014 surpassed the milestone of 1,000 clemency petitions submitted to the Office of the Pardon Attorney, with many more nearing submissio...
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Smart Justice
May 12, 2016
老澳门开奖结果 lawsuit reveals one in six Massachusetts drug convictions tainted by Dookhan scandal
BOSTON -- Prosecutors responding to 老澳门开奖结果 litigation have provided lists that, for the first time, identify more than 24,000 drug cases worked on by convicted chemist Annie Dookhan,...
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Criminal Law Reform
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