President Obama thinks it may be time for sentencing reform. According to a top White House official, "It is on my list of things that are in the sphere of the…
Prison reform has begun in California: The California Fair Sentencing Act makes certain that people who are convicted of certain offenses involving crack cocaine will no longer receive harsher punishments…
According to a report released by the advocacy group, The Sentencing Project lenient sentencing does not increase crime. The report uses the examples of New York, New Jersey and California to…
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Fair Sentencing Act is retroactive. Brad R. Schlesinger for IVN.com (Unfiltered Policitcal News) writes, "The issue presented was whether the Fair Sentencing Act’s (the “FSA”) new, lower…