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California Democrats are paralyzed on sentencing reform. The clock is ticking | Opinion
Merced Sun-Star via AOL· 13 hours agoSo Democrats have been advancing different reforms they can tolerate. McCarty, as an example, has a ...
Taiwan braces for fresh protests over controversial new law
BBC via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoFu is a powerful power broker with a controversial past, including a spell in prison following a...
Three takeaways from Meek Mill’s probation reform win | Jennifer Stefano
Philly.com· 16 hours agoOld-fashioned politicking was also essential: Republican State Sen. Lisa Baker and Democratic State...
It’s Been 30 Years Since Biden Passed His Most Notorious Law With Bill Clinton. It’s Still Totally...
Slate via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe judiciary got its wings clipped under Clinton too, but in that was in 1995, thanks to a bill...
Ohio Bill Would Make It Easier to Seal Non-Violent Criminal Records, But Advocates Want It Expanded
Cleveland Scene· 11 hours agoReps. Brett Hillyer, R-Uhrichsville, and Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, introduced the Getting...
Behind the headline: How we reported on Tennessee's life sentences
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBut it received bipartisan pushback outside the General Assembly from criminal justice reform groups...
Michigan is safer for LGBTQ+ community. Let's remember how we got here. | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoWe're not done All of these reforms have brought justice to millions of Michiganders. But there is...
Massachusetts gun reform proposal still jammed up in private talks on Beacon Hill
Boston Herald· 6 days agoA wide-ranging gun reform bill remains locked up in secret negotiations on Beacon Hill even as state...
Alcohol delivery permits, indoor vaping ban, other bills to go into effect July 1
Howard County Times, Columbia, Md. via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoJun. 24—The first big batch of bills passed during the 2024 legislative session goes into effect next week. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed 1,049 bills in the weeks after the 90-day session ...
Prisoner dreams of ‘normal life’ after spending 18 years in jail for 23-month sentence
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAlthough recent reforms passed under the Victims and Prisoners Bill will reduce the IPP licence...