D.C.'s Efforts to Take Back Control of Parole from the Feds Are 'As Good as Dead'
D.C.'s push to take back control of its parole system from the feds looks pretty much dead, thanks largely to local incompetence.
Source: washingtoncitypaper.com
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After 29 Years, 'The Poster Child For Clemency' Comes Home
In December, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul granted clemency to 12 convicts. Last month, several of them finally made it home, including Bruce Bryant, whom advocates call "the poster child for clemency" and who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a murder he's always maintained he didn't commit.
Source: law360.com
How the Courts, COVID, and Jan. 6 Have Made it Harder for D.C Prisoners to Earn Early Release
Incarcerated people applying for early release would much rather do so from the D.C. Jail, but they've been blocked from doing so for years.
Source: washingtoncitypaper.com
PERLMUTTER CENTER FOR LEGAL JUSTICE'S FIRST CLIENT, BRUCE BRYANT, GRANTED CLEMENCY
BRYANT HAS SERVED 30 YEARS IN PRISON AND BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE Perlmutter Center Continues to Seek Bruce Bryant's Exoneration
Source: einnews.com
Hochul Grants Clemency to 13, Including a Domestic Violence Victim
The governor also commuted the sentences of two men convicted of murder, and pardoned several immigrants who were facing deportation.
Source: nytimes.com