Page 13 - Step Act News Today

파월 연준 의장 "디지털 달러, 암호화폐 필요성 낮출 것" "암호화폐, 주요 결제수단 안돼…스테이블코인은 가능" (서울=뉴스1) 신기림 기자 | 2021-07-15 08:34 송고 미국 중앙은행 연방준비제도(연준)의 디지털 달러는 암호화폐의 필요성을 낮출 것이라고 제롬 파월 연준의장이 말했다. 파월 연준의장은 14일(현지시간) 하원의 금융서비스위원회 청문회에 출석해 이 같이...

The congressional liberal black caucus because you see what is happening here. fake news cnn, almost every other outlet, narrative is more important than truth, they have an agenda, long running narrative is republicans are evil, racist monsters. they dont want you to know that president trump signed off on the bill that permanently provided more money to starving black colleges than any other president, $250 million a year. i doubt they gave trump a lot of credit when he signed the step act red...

Agency argues the president’s request “provides sufficient funding to cover ...cost increases in pay and benefits, rent costs, and prison and detention ...

US Sentencing Commission releases lots of notable new data and "Quick Facts" reports I was pleased to receive an email from the US Sentencing Commission today titled "Whats New in Federal Sentencing?".  This email provided links and brief highlights of a lot of new items and data just posted to the USSCs website.  Here is a sampling from the email: NEW First Step Act Data The U.S. Sentencing Commission published Data Highlights 3,705 offenders were  65% were assigned to the highest Crimina...

New Urban Institute resources on FIRST STEP Act prison particulars I learned today via email about two notable new resources from the folks at the Urban Institute engaging with some of the intricacies of the prison reform elements of the FIRST STEP Act.  First, this posting by Emily Tiry and Julie Samuels, titled "Three Ways to Increase the Impact of the First Step Act’s Earned Time Credits," suggests how this piece of the Act could be improved. Here is a snippet: The 2018 First Step Act—t...

Supreme Court Seems Unlikely to Support Reduced Sentences for Crack Offenders Getty Images Kevin Daley • May 4, 2021 4:30 pm SHARE In its latest foray into the war on drugs, the Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed ready to say that low-level crack cocaine offenders do not qualify for reduced sentences under a bipartisan criminal justice reform law. The 2018 First Step Act made some drug offenders eligible for resentencing, but four federal courts and the Trump administration said its benefi...

Since June 28, 2004 April 30, 2021 Great example of clemency leading to more compassion ... in the form of compassionate release thanks to FIRST STEP Act reforms I am not sure if anyone is trying to make a comprehensive list of the wide array of factors that federal courts have referenced in granting sentence reductions under the (so-called compassionate release) statutory provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) ever since the FIRST STEP Act allowed federal courts to directly reduce sentence w...

Fox News Carlson. Photo: Carlson Twitter Fox News host Tucker Carlson -- a graduate of St. George’s School in Middletown --  is facing a number of new controversies.  According to multiple reports along with photos, Carlson’s 1991 college yearbook at Trinity College has him listing himself as being part of the “Dan White Society.” Milk at the time was the first openly gay elected official in the history of California. “Tucker Carlson appears to endorse Harvey Milks murderer in colle...

A federal judge has freed a man serving three life sentences for a notorious Hartford drug murder based in large part on his record of rehabilitation over almost a quarter century in prison and an extraordinary plea for leniency from two prosecutors who once presented a case for his execution.

Wilfredo Perez, who approved a notorious murder, is freed from a life sentence as harsh drug punishments are re-evaluated Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant A federal judge has freed a man serving three life sentences for a notorious Hartford drug murder based in large part on his record of rehabilitation over almost a quarter century in prison and an extraordinary plea for leniency from two prosecutors who once presented a case for his execution. Wilfredo Perez led a group of m...