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October 7. 2012 In the moments immediately after a jury pronounced Jerry Sandusky guilty, the man who once ranked among the most admired figures in Pennsylvania and all of college football began an uncertain journey into the abyss of the nation's vast criminal justice system.As a packed Bellefont...

If there is one thing that can slide by both the defendant’s attorney and the prosecutor it is the statute of limitations. Did you know that there is a statute of limitations that exists on all but the most serious of federal crimes? Yes it is true. All federal offenses except capital offenses, o...

Mandatory-minimum sentences are going under a mandatory review.Gary Fields at gary.fields@wsj.com November 12, 2009 WSJ: Congress has ordered the panel that advises judges on prison terms to conduct a review of mandatory-minimum sentences, a move that could lead to a dramatic rethinking of how t...

by David Borden, September 11, 2011 Posted in: § Action Alert § Congress § Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity § Mandatory Minimums Twenty-five years ago Congress enacted severe mandatory minimum sentences, condemning thousands of mostly low-level, mostly nonviolent drug offenders to years, so...

Time to Change Sentencing Laws Carl ToersBijns,Yahoo! Contributor Network Apr 15, 2011 How many times have you heard someone stay "prisons don't work, they are failing society." I would suspect this has been said at least a million times over the last few decades as politicians strugg...

January 25, 2012 I have to admit that knowing someone who is in prison has really changed my perspective on the legal system in general. It may come as no surprise, but police, courts, lawyers, jail, inmates, prison - it's not anything like it is on prime-time TV. Usually, I try to let things...

Carol Ann Rodis, Yahoo! Contributor Network Jun 25, 2008 Prison is hard for most women but word has it through the court system that prison time for women especially over 40 is detrimental to their health. Women who have never committed a crime in their entire lives and then make a mistake have ...

Find Out Where Your Tax Dollars GoJennifer Waite, Yahoo! Contributor Network Apr 9, 2009 Have you ever wondered what the average inmate incarcerated within the American prison system eats? What exactly are your tax dollars providing for our country's killers, robbers, and rapists at chow time?...

By Michael Santos · Sunday, January 18th, 2009Forbes published Time Off for Bad Behavior, by Kai Falkenberg, in the magazine’s 12 January 2009 issue. The article described how white-collar offenders maneuver their way into the Bureau of Prisons’ Residential Drug Treatment Program. The RDAP repres...