Search results
Despite First Step Act, some federal inmates remain in prison extra months
NBC Universal via AOL· 6 days agoThe Trump-era First Step Act has allowed thousands of nonviolent federal offenders to earn shortened...
Donald Trump used to brag about the First Step Act. Not any more.
Semafor via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe News The First Step Act, Donald Trump’s marquee criminal justice reform package, became a...
Thousands of federal inmates still await early release under Trump-era First Step Act, advocates say
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThousands of nonviolent federal prisoners eligible for early release under a promising Trump-era law...
Ron DeSantis voted for the First Step Act and hailed its ‘successes.’ He now calls it ‘the jailbreak...
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOn the campaign trail, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has attacked Donald Trump’s signature prison reform...
Staffing shortages and deficient training leave First Step Act floundering, federal prison employees...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChronic staffing shortages in federal prisons and a lack of training have impeded implementation of...
Trump’s vulnerability on crime may have been exposed in Fox interview
The Hill via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen then-President Trump signed the First Step Act into law in December 2018, he hailed it as “an...
Erie 'drug kingpin' pleads with judge to end 7-year wait and rule on cutting life sentence
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoThe two convicted Erie drug kingpins are linked in infamy and in hope. They remain the only drug...
4 Years Since President Trump Signed The First Step Act
Newsy via AOL· 1 year agoIt’s been four years since the landmark First Step Act was signed into law. Matthew Charles was the first person to be released after the passing of the First Step Act. Charles spent 21 years ...
Trump stumbles when Fox host tells him his plan to execute drug offenders would include people he...
The Independent UK via AOL· 12 months agoDonald Trump issued pardons and commuted dozens of sentences for people incarcerated for drug crimes...
The word ‘and’ could land criminal defendants with longer sentences thanks to Supreme Court ruling
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCourt interpretted the “safety valve” provision of the First Step Act to mean defendants need to...