President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the imprisoned creator of a dark web marketplace for drugs and other illicit products whose case had become a cause célèbre ...

Reported today in Politico and the Washington Post and other outlets is this notable new memo (dated January 21, 2025) from the Department of Justice titled." The press pieces highlight the extentive ...

The first "opinion" of the current Supreme Court Term was handed down as a curious little per curiam ruling in Hamm v. Smith after a recond number of relists. As dicussed in this post from early ...

At the local level, sheriffs ofer have responsibilities for jails. At the national level, the President has ultimate reponsibility for federal prisons. And, with a new President, we get some new ...

“The Government’s most solemn responsibility is to protect its citizens from abhorrent acts, and my Administration will not tolerate efforts to stymie and eviscerate the laws that authorize capital ...

Given his many notable clemency actions before his last day in office, I had a feeling out-going Prez Joe Biden was going to keep using his clemency pen up to the very last monment. These various ...

Prez Trump, only hours after returning to the presidency, made robust use of his clemency powers by granting commutations and pardons for via this order titled "GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF ...

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From the Sacremento Bee, " Voters approved a new crime law in California. Sacramento-area prosecutors quick to use it " From wbur, " Has the First Step Act helped to reduce harsh prison sentences? " ...

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As reported in this New York Times piece, "President Biden pardoned five activists and public servants on Sunday, including a posthumous grant of clemency to the civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, who ...

After a notably modest use of his clemency powers prior to the latest election, Prez Biden is on a historic clemency tear over the last eight weeks. Today's actiona are set forth in this " Statement ...