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It’s not often that the South Carolina attorney general tells a solicitor what’s what, but Alan Wilson has done just that to Fifth Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says a new program paired with a reintegration duty is the first of its kind in the state to offer comprehensive support to newly released inmates.

Several victim advocacy groups says their biggest concern right now is whether the victims are getting enough of a heads up.

Voters voted to make it retroactive. >> it means a whole lot. >> a momentous day not only r these former inmates and families, but a historic move four states with a harsh history of putting people behind bars. >> oklahoma was number one in incarceration. no longer. >> oakland was a joint states and other criminal justice reform. in new york, a new law in the mains hundred misdemeanor and felony crimes, and in california lawmakers are considering a bill reducing sentences for first-time nonviol...

And assisting the kurdish and arab forces fighting in syria, and we will bring you this live briefing as soon as it happens. in the interim, america represents 25% of the worlds prisoners and only 5% of the worlds population, and 25% of the worlds prisoners and something is up. america locks up more people than any other country, and it is not about to change any time soon, but there is something that is shifting. this weekend, the federal prison rolls are going to shrink, and they are going to ...