First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long ...

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This time of year, aspiring elected officials insist that we must get tough on crime to keep us safe. “Getting tough” almost always includes imposing more and longer prison sentences. Unfortunately, ...

As advocates representing poor people convicted of federal crimes, the overwhelming majority of whom are Black and Brown men, we have seen the ease with which harsh mandatory minimum sentences have ...

In a matter of weeks, Melissa Jo Sullivan will walk into a Fort Worth halfway house. Once there, she will present her left ankle - and an employee will remove the bulky electronic monitor. Once it's ...

Lawmakers across the country have considered legislation this year that would allow courts or parole boards to reevaluate a person’s long prison sentence and decide whether they can be safely released ...