Posted inLegal Reform
Where Is the Reform?
The US Supreme Court, in 2012, ruled juveniles under the age of 18 could not be sentenced to mandatory life sentences. Unfortunately, two years later only 13 of the 28…
Posted inExoneration
Jonathan Fleming Exonerated
After spending 24 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit, Jonathan Fleming was finally exonerated and released from prison. Jonathan was on a trip to Disney World with…
Posted inMisconduct
650 Cases of Misconduct
According to the Project On Government Oversight, over a 12 year period, there were 650 cases of misconduct committed by federal prosecutors, judges, and other officials at the Justice Department. Between 2002 and…
Posted inLegal News
The Felony Murder Rule
Only in America could Ryan Holle serve a life sentence with no possibility of parole for loaning his car to a friend. Ryan, who had no prior record, was convicted…
Posted inScience
Prison Statistics
There is an interesting article on the AlterNet website comparing incarceration statistics of the US vs. other countries. Click here to read the article.
Posted inLegal News
Stuck In Jail
In county jails, 6 out of 10 inmates are stuck behind bars not because of any risk to the outside community or the likelihood they would fail to appear in…
Posted inExoneration
Jason Hernandez
Jason Hernandez was one of eight federal prisoners convicted of crack cocaine offenses whose sentences were recently commuted by President Obama. Hernandez was scheduled to die behind bars for selling crack cocaine…
Posted inMisconduct
“Kids For Cash”
Democracy Now interviewed Jamie Quinn who caught up in Pennsylvania's corrupt "kids for cash" judicial system when he was 14 years old. We wrote about this story earlier but to…
Posted inLegal Reform
Private Prison Reform
The largest private prison in Idaho will be taken over by the state due to a decade of mismanagement by Corrections Corporation of America, a private company from Nashville, Tennessee. …
Posted inLegal Reform
Federal Prison Crisis
The federal prison system has been determined to be an "increasingly critical threat" according to the inspector general of the Justice Department. In a report released by the Justice Department…