The Sentencing Project released a stunning report on life-without-parole sentences and found that one out of every nine individuals in prison is serving a life sentence.
Reflecting a shift in attitudes towards the flawed mass incarceration system, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a recent hearing titled “Reevaluating the Effectiveness of Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences.”
Two new financial proposals are now in play to curb the state's overcrowded prisons. One plan keeps the prison population static, the other reduces through smart rehabilitation incentives.
Defense attorneys—at least the ones I have met and spoken with over the past 17 years—have different ways of expressing how they can “represent those people” but their explanations always boil down to the same essence.
Although minority communities have long complained of racial profiling by police, their claims have generally been dismissed until proven by empirical evidence.
