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Another effective (but still incomplete) look at possible sentencing outcomes for those prosecuted for Capitol riot This new AP article, headlined "Charged in Jan. 6 riot? Yes, but prison may be another story," reviews potental sentencing outcomes for their role in the January 6 Capitol riot.  Here are some excerpts, to be followed by a bit of contextual commentary: More than 400 people have been charged with federal crimes in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  But prison time may be another...

"A Reintegration Agenda for the 117th Congress: Criminal Record Relief, Federal Benefits, & Employment" The title of this post is the title of this notable new short report from the Collateral Consequences Resource Center.  This blog posting at CCRC, titled "Second Chance Month: A Federal Reintegration Agenda" provides some background on the report.  Here is the reports introduction: The new Congress has an opportunity to make significant bipartisan progress on criminal justice reform, includ...

January 16, 2021 The question in this post is prompted by this Politico article headlined "Trump weighing a pardon for Steve Bannon." The start of the article suggests that some actually were expected some action on the clemency front last night: President Donald Trump is considering granting a pardon to Steve Bannon, his former White House chief strategist and top campaign aide, who was charged with swindling donors to a private crowdsourcing effort to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico borde...