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Justice advocates target Habitual Offender Act, parole legislation
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAdvocates for criminal justice reform plan to petition lawmakers to pass several bills, including new legislation and bills that failed last year. Alabama Appleseed, the Southern Poverty Law ...
Those in Alabama prisons need a reward system to encourage change
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEDITOR'S NOTE: Kenneth Traywick is incarcerated in Fountain Correctional Facility, a medium security...
Oklahoma County judges are too lenient with repeat offenders. Stricter sentencing needed | Sheriff
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAs the Oklahoma County sheriff, I've seen the consequences of leniency in our justice system...
Multiple additional victims allowed to testify in upcoming CSC trial
Hillsdale Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHILLSDALE — First Judicial Circuit Judge Sara Lisznyai has ruled in favor of the Hillsdale County...
Appeals court grants man new trial on CSC charges over ‘erroneously admitted’ evidence
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 months agoALLEGAN COUNTY — The Michigan Court of Appeals, in a split decision, vacated a man’s criminal sexual...
KY House Republicans show anti-crime bill meant ‘to put the train back on the tracks’
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 6 months agoInvoking a specter of urban chaos, Republican state lawmakers on Friday unveiled their plans to...
Michigan Court of Appeals orders another new sentence in Lenawee County sex abuse case
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoADRIAN — A man convicted in 2018 by a Lenawee County Circuit Court jury of engaging in sex acts with the son and daughter of his on-again, off-again girlfriend and wife should have his minimum ...
An Illinois man is serving a life sentence for 6 grams of cocaine. He is fighting to be freed
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — Michael Lightfoot is 66 years old. He survived prostate cancer. He has grandchildren and...
Victim recalls sexual abuse during emotional testimony 15 years later
Hillsdale Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHILLSDALE — The victim of repeated sexual abuse as a teenaged girl by a family member 15 years ago...
For this lifelong jaywalker, new California law is a step in the right direction
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoMost people make New Year’s resolutions. Instead, let’s go with a confession: I’m a jaywalker. A...