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Florida Prisoner Whose Case Ended LWOP for Juveniles Released by On February 13, 2024, a judge in Florida’s Duval County amended state prisoner Terrence Graham’s sentence, paving the way for the 37-­year-­old’s release later that same month. Sentenced to life without parole (LWOP) in 2006 for crimes committed when he …
Alabama Denies Parole to Dead Prisoner by Having granted release to a whopping 3% of eligible state prisoners so far in 2024—that’s 25 parole grants out of 792 hearings—the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) likely surprised no one when it denied release to Frederick Bishop on March 9, …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Even as U.S. Jail Population Declines, Average Length of Stay Rises by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A recent study published in December 2021 suggests that even as U.S. jail population was falling between 2014 and 2019, the length of stay for each incarceration was on the rise. The …
Alabama Grandma Sentenced to Life on Drug Charge Finally Paroled by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In recent years many states have made changes to their criminal codes in an effort to reduce their prison populations. Those amendments, however, are rarely retroactive and leave those already imprisoned to serve …
USA v. Marks, NY, Decision and Order, Sentence Reduction, 2020 Case 6:03-cr-06033-DGL Document 536 Filed 04/20/20 Page 1 of 39 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ___________________________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DECISION AND ORDER Plaintiff, 03-CR-6033L v. CHAD MARKS, Defendant. ___________________________________________ In 2006, defendant Chad Marks was …