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WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2020, the top enlisted leader of the Air Force went public with his fear of waking up to the news that a Black airman had been killed by a white police officer. Then four years later, a Florida deputy shot and killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson in his apartment. “I doubt […]
A recent report shining a light on excessive felony prison sentences handed down by more than 140 trial judges in New York over a 16-year period has experts and advocacy groups calling for increased transparency to help ensure that courts are imposing fair penalties on criminal defendants in the Empire State.
Supervisory error justified leniency, a court ruled. One supervisor now runs the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
Philip Esformes was granted clemency in 2020. The Justice Department now wants to prosecute him—for crimes on which he was already sentenced.