Taylor Carroll | September 28, 2017 | Sentencing
The Hill reports that a House Democrat has introduced a bill in the House as a means to reduce the nation’s rate of mass incarceration. The Reverse Mass Incarceration Act was introduced on Wednesday by Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and...
Taylor Carroll | September 21, 2017 | Sentencing
The Hill reports that Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) will reintroduce the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The bill, originally introduced in 2015, would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug offenses and armed career...
Pauline Toboulidis | August 22, 2017 | Sentencing
Model Penal Code: Sentencing Reporters have updated the black letter text of the Proposed Final Draft. When any ALI project is approved at an Annual Meeting, Reporters will update the draft and make editorial changes that were directed or agreed to by the Council or...
Margaret Love | August 18, 2017 | Sentencing
The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is currently finalizing a 50-state report on the availability of relief from the adverse civil effects of a criminal arrest or conviction. Using research from the Restoration of Rights Project (RRP), the report analyzes the...
Sue Burrell | August 4, 2017 | Children and the Law, Sentencing
A fundamental rule of our constitutional system is that a person may not be subjected to extended detention absent a judicial determination of probable cause that he or she committed a crime. In Gerstein v. Pugh, the Supreme Court recognized the Fourth Amendment right...
