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End Of CARES Act Home Confinement Is Near For Many Federal Prisoners

March 31, 2023 By Walter Pavlo - Forbes The United States Senate voted Wednesday to terminate a COVID-19 pandemic ​national emergency order which had recently been extended by President Joe Biden. The CARES Act was set to expire on May 11, 2023 but with Biden expected to sign...

U.S. Justice Dept takes a hard line on sentencing reform

By Hassan Kanu - Reuters March 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is opposing a bipartisan proposal to restrict judges’ ability to impose longer sentences based on alleged crimes even if a unanimous jury has acquitted the defendant of those very same allegations. The...

Alex Murdaugh Sentenced to Double-Life in Prison

Convicted murderer gets head shaved ahead of prison booking March 3, 2023 Alex Murdaugh is facing the stark reality of spending the rest of his life behind bars in a state prison surrounded by the country's most violent offenders. The disgraced legal scion appeared with a...

Federal judges aren't following 'compassionate release' law guidance

Frail people are left to die in prison as judges fail to act on a law to free them Jimmy Dee Stout outside his brother's home in Round Rock, Texas. Stout had served about half of his 15-year sentence for a drug conviction when he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last...