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Since June 28, 2004 December 23, 2020 Prez Trump issues 29 more clemencies on Festivus that include full pardons to Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner As reported in this CNN piece, "President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including ones for longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and White House senior adviser Jared Kushners father, Charles." Here is a bit more: Also included in Trumps pardon list Wednesday evening is former C...

“The pardons from this President are what you would expect to get if you gave the pardon power to a mob boss...”

President Donald Trump pardoned more than two dozen people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, in the latest wave of clemency to benefit longtime associates and supporters.

2020/12/24 13:14 FILE - In this Thursday, June 27, 2019 file photo, Paul Manafort arrives in court in New York. President Trumps former campaign manager is to be arra... FILE - In this Thursday, June 27, 2019 file photo, Paul Manafort arrives in court in New York. President Trumps former campaign manager is to be arraigned on state mortgage fraud charges. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 people, inclu...

Robin steinberg founded the bail project dedicated to help those who cant afford bail to stay out of prison. a brush with prison as a young woman led to alive of activism for topeka sam, sounder of the ladies of hope ministries, focusing on helping women in prisons and helping them get what they need out of it. she created hope house, offering women support and safety as they transition back into society. good to have both of you join the panel. robin, i want to talk to you about this idea of ba...

Robin steinberg founded the bail project for those that cant afford bail stay out of prison. and a brush with prison as a young woman led to a life of activism for topeka sam, founder of the ladies of hope ministries, helping women get what they need. she created hope house offering women support and safety as they transition back into society. good to have both of you join the panel. i want to talk to you about the idea of bail. there are almost half a million people sitting pretrial sitting in...

To 18 to 1, but they wouldnt let him make it retroactive. tonight the senate voted to make it retroactive, which means there are 3,000 people sitting in prison right now who will get to come home soon because theyre serving outdated, unfair sentences. "the new york times" calls this the biggest breakthrough in criminal justice in a generation, and it was brought about by ordinary people who came together and fought. and i just want to say, formerly incarcerated people, directly impacted people l...

Communities, why are we throwing people in prison and expecting things to change? were doing it because prison is big business. people are getting money through the prison industrial complex. people are losing their families, more debt and its not helping. so that is not a way to rehabilitate, thats not a way to pay debt, its not a way to allow people to transform their lives. if you reinvest money into programming within the communities from the beginning then a lot of these things would not be...