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 sig...
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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....
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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 s...
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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 ...
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By Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY VISTA, Calif. – Former NFL star Kellen Winslow II has submitted a handwritten petition from prison that argues the physical trauma he suffered during his football career entitles him to a reduced prison sentence under a new California law that went into...
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By Walter Pavlo - Forbes The White House is planning to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, 2023, marking the end of various programs including one that allowed federal prisoners to serve a portion of their prison term on home confinement. Starting in early 2020, ...
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Julie and Todd Chrisley pictured in November 2019. (Photo: Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images for E3 Chophouse Nashville) Tue, January 17, 2023 By Raechal Shewfelt ·Editor, Yahoo Entertainment Julie (72601-019) and Todd Chrisley (72600-019) begin their pr...
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Inmate Tree Trim Training - Prisoners work on climbing indoor at the Parnall Correctional Facility's Vocational Village in Jackson, Mich., By Corey Williams Fri January 6, 2023 JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — When Scott Steffes leaves Michigan's Parnall Correctional Facilit...
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By Will Feuer - WSJ Dec. 29, 2022 The Federal Communications Commission is set to gain the ability to cap prices on in-state calls made from prisons and jails, giving the federal regulator more power to tackle what it has called excessive rates. The FCC would hav...