LEGAL – Page 3

STUDY EXAMINES IMPACT OF BAIL REFORM ON REARREST RATE

July 26, 2023 by William Burley

A college study concludes that low-level offenders released under New York’s bail reform law are less likely to return to jail. The 2020 reform … [Read more...]

STATE SET TO RESUME EXECUTIONS

July 26, 2023 by Stuart Clarke

The state of Alabama is resuming executions after a three-month delay in the wake of problems with lethal injections that forced the cancellation of … [Read more...]

CASH BAIL ALTERNATIVE

July 6, 2023 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

SCIENCE-BASED ALGORITHM FOCUSESON ISSUES OF FAIRNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY A new procedure for releasing detainees focuses on public safety and fairness … [Read more...]

THREE-STRIKE STRUGGLES

July 6, 2023 by Kevin Sawyer

PRISONERS SENTENCED UNDER THREE-DECADE OLD LAW FIGHT TO EARN RELEASE As California’s Three Strikes law approaches its 30- year anniversary, … [Read more...]

U.S. WEIGHING HUNDREDS OF ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS

July 6, 2023 by Andrew Hardy

Social justice and equality have come to the forefront of American consciousness in recent years, and many would agree the movement is long overdue. … [Read more...]

SCOTUS UPHOLDS ASSAULT WEAPON BAN – FOR NOW

July 6, 2023 by Dante Jones

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily upheld an Illinois law aimed at banning certain rapid-fire assault weapons, according to reporting by the Los … [Read more...]

DISCRETIONARY PAROLE STYMIED – AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION SUES

July 6, 2023 by James Daly

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska filed a lawsuit in February against the state’s corrections department and Corrections Commissioner Jen … [Read more...]

STATES WEIGH AUTOMATIC EXPUNGEMENT LAWS

July 6, 2023 by Stuart Clarke

Many states have begun to reform laws in an effort to improve employment opportunities for those with criminal records, according to a white paper … [Read more...]

STATES MOVE TO RESTORE VOTING RIGHTS FOR RETURNING CITIZENS

July 6, 2023 by Randy Hansen

Nationwide, the formerly incarcerated often find themselves barred from voting due to myriad legal restrictions that vary from state to state. Some … [Read more...]

EXONERATED PASTOR FILES LAWSUIT OVER FALSIFIED EVIDENCE

July 6, 2023 by Michael Callahan

After the State of North Carolina vacated charges against him, a pastor who spent more than eight years in prison filed a lawsuit in his hometown … [Read more...]