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US Sentencing Commission releases its latest updated "First Step Act of 2018 Resentencing Provisions Retroactivity Data Report" I just noticed that the US Sentencing Commission today released this updated new version of its data report titled "First Step Act of 2018 Resentencing Provisions Retroactivity Data Report." The introduction to the report provides this context and overview: On December 21, 2018, the President signed into law the First Step Act of 2018.  Section 404 of that act provides that any defendant sentenced before the effective date of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (August ...

Dec 14, 2020 12:42 PM EDT President-elect Joe Biden will face pressure when he takes office to make swift changes to the Department of Justice. But while he’ll be able to implement some reforms on his own, expected pushback from Congress and legal fights could make it hard for Biden to deliver many of the sweeping criminal justice reforms that advocates say are necessary. Coming off a presidential campaign revived by the support of Black voters in a year marked by national protests against racial injustice and police brutality, Biden is expected to address s...

People have not seen, he commits to the people, we see unemployment rate, the lowest it has ever been, the first step act, thousands of individuals, 90% being black, this is a president who legitimately forced to be reckoned with and democrats know they have no choice in their opinion but to impeach other -- carley: democrats trying to hurt donald trump's election chances but some people say it could help him in the long run. how do you feel about that? >> we are seeing people in the independence column concerned and believe democrats are going too far. that is a political vehicle, you know wh...

Obviously what donald trump said is absurd, disgusting, but very much in line with who he is and what he does. i think we should say, and i think supporters of the first steps act who have worked on criminal justice with donald trump, think he's actually done some good things on criminal justice. that doesn't excuse any of the things he says or the way he often talks about people of color. doesn't excuse it at all, and it doesn't justify the way he talks about it. but it is good that he has been involved on this issue. and good that he went to this event. i've heard several democrats say that....

"after life: my journey from incarceration to freedom." alice marie johnson joins us. first of all, tell me briefly, how has it been since you gotten out in terms of what you've tried to do with your has been. of course, i have win a book called "after life," but i think one of the most important things i have been doing is i have been fighting for others who have been left behind. i have been using my voice, my face, my story to magnify the lead for the need for criminal justice reform, not only the first -- not only for the first step act, but for other things to take place, too, which also ...