Reform bills gain momentum as New Yorkers rally for justice, reduced incarceration rates
More than 500 advocates and lawmakers rallied side by side at the Capitol building in Albany Tuesday, asking for the passage ...
Commentary: Second Look Act paves the way for sentencing reform
A federal judge calls for giving New York state judges the ability to reevaluate sentences in cases where a person has ...
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Biden commutes the sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders
The president noted that Congress in recent years has passed the Fair Sentencing Act in 2010, which ended the five-year mandatory minimum sentencing for possessing crack cocaine, and the First Step ...
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Lawmakers mull mandatory 10-year sentences for child torture convictions
A legislative committee advanced a bill that would establish a mandatory minimum sentence for people convicted of child ...
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A presidential grant of clemency worthy of praise
As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden drafted the Senate version of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (1994), which included mandatory minimum sentences and a “three ...