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Article • September 7, 2016
Obama's Pardons: Too Few, Too Late, and 'Almost Irrelevant' by Joe Watson Blame Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton or any former president who has abused his pardon power and made it politically inconvenient for future presidents to give clemency to those who deserve it. Blame the career prosecutors in the U.S. …
Article • September 6, 2016
Federal Clemency Initiative Granting Relief At Slow Pace by Christopher Zoukis The Obama administration's "Clemency Initiative 2014," a highly-touted program designed to grant clemency to non-violent offenders and other federal prisoners, has yet to make a substantial impact on the exploding federal prison population. While some 16 percent of the …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Obama Issues Another 214 Commutations for Federal Prisoners by Derek Gilna President Obama announced 214 commutations on August 3, 2016, spurring hope that the pace will increase as he nears the end of his term in office. This latest batch, the largest number of commutations issued in a single day …
Article • August 26, 2016
Oklahoma DA: Pardons Board Violated State's Mandatory Sentencing Guidelines by If a clemency board chooses to sidestep mandatory sentencing guidelines and recommend a prisoner's early release, it possesses that maneuverability. And, as an Oklahoma D.A. recently illustrated, prosecutors hate being outmaneuvered. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater accused the state's …
Article • August 9, 2016
Last Act in Office - Maryland Governor Commutes Four Death Row Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis In a highly controversial decision, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) commutes the sentences of four death-row prisoners to spend the rest of their lives in prison without the possibility of parole. An opponent of the …
Federal Jury Awards $9 Million to Illinois Man Cleared of Rape He Was Convicted of as Teenager by Alejandro Dominguez, who spent four years in prison for a rape he did not commit, was awarded $9 million by a federal jury after DNA evidence cleared him of the charges. Dominguez, …
OIG Study: Bureau of Prisons Held Thousands of Prisoners Beyond Release Dates by Derek Gilna The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), pilloried by one Congressional study that found it was unable to follow its own compassionate release policy, and by yet another criticizing endemic overcrowding, has again been called to …
Dallas Conviction Integrity Unit Gains National Notoriety by Matthew Clarke The word “first” was applied to Craig M. Watkins multiple times after his election to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in 2006. He was the county’s first black D.A., the first D.A. who had been a public defender before …
Aging, Sick and Incarcerated: The Need for Compassionate Release by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout.org Mary Ziman already had debilitating fibromyalgia and, unable to work, was on permanent disability. Then she was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine, charges she says …
No Place for Old Men by Texas prisons are filling up with the old and the ill — at enormous expense. by Dick J. Reavis, Texas Observer Benito Alonzo is a short, 140-pound 80-year-old. His quiet-spoken manner, drooping jowls and gray hair, trimmed in a buzz, give him the appearance …
Exonerees Fulfill Dreams, Help Other Prisoners Overcome Wrongful Convictions by David Reutter by David Reutter and Joe Watson Former Louisiana death row prisoner John Thompson has spearheaded an organization that aims to help the wrongfully convicted and former prisoners successfully rebuild their lives. Thompson was sentenced to death for the …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Filed under: Attorney, Pardons/Clemency
Pardon Attorney Leff Letter of Resignation, Office of the Pardon Attorney, January 31, 2016 A Y u.s. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney D Washingtoll, D.G. 20530 U SA The Honorable Sally Quillian Yates Deputy Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Wash ington, D.C. …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Prisoner Rights Advocates Disappointed with Pace of Obama Clemency Initiative by Derek Gilna President Barack Obama made news in December 2015 when he commuted the sentences of 95 federal prisoners. However, with only one year left in his second term, it is unlikely that he will act on thousands of …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Wrongfully Convicted Members of “Beatrice Six” Entitled to Compensation Despite False Confessions; Eighth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton On July 18, 2014, the Nebraska Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the right of two members of the infamous “Beatrice Six” to receive up to $500,000 each in compensation despite the fact …
Publication • February 26, 2016
Investigative Report - DOC Early Release of Offenders, Vol 1, Yarmuth Wilsdon, 2016 INVESTIGATIVE REPORT RE: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS – EARLY RELEASE OF OFFENDERS VOLUME 1 – REPORT Department of Corrections – Early Release of Offenders TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................1 II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................2 III. IV. A. Synopsis …
Publication • February 24, 2016
Assembly Bill No. 1539 (Compassionate Release and Sentencing), CA Legislative Counsel's Digest, 2007 Assembly Bill No. 1539 CHAPTER 740 An act to amend Section 1170 of the Penal Code, relating to sentencing. [Approved by Governor October 14, 2007. Filed with Secretary of State October 14, 2007.] legislative counsel’s digest AB …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
Justice Department Administration of the Presidents Pardon Power, Love, 2016 47 U. TOL. L. REV. ___ (2016) Justice Department Administration of the President’s Pardon Power: A Case Study in Institutional Conflict of Interest By Margaret Colgate Love* I. Introduction The president’s constitutional pardon power has been administered by the attorney …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Judge to Recommend Whether to Exonerate “San Antonio Four” of Sexual Assault Convictions by Matthew Clarke A San Antonio, Texas judge is considering what he will recommend to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals after hearing testimony that four women convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in 1994 should …
Article • January 12, 2016
The Bureaucracy of Mercy by Why hasn’t President Obama freed more prisoners? Maybe that’s the wrong question. By Bill Keller, The Marshall Project As the two presidents, one incoming and the other outgoing, shared a limo to the inauguration in January 2009, President Bush had some advice for President-elect Obama: “Announce …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Legislation Removes Secrecy from Georgia Parole Board’s Proceedings, Decisions by David Reutter Legislation Removes Secrecy from Georgia Parole Board’s Proceedings, Decisions by David M. Reutter Unlike any other state agency, Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Paroles (GBPP) makes its major decisions behind closed doors, and virtually all the information contained …
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