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Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Lifers Now Exceed Entire Prison Population of 1970 by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Over the last 50 years, the number of prisoners serving life sentences has grown to exceed the entire prison population of 1970. While efforts are being made to “reform” the reforms enacted under the “tough on …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Oregon Federal Court: 8th and 14th Amendments Mandate Miller Hearing by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An Oregon federal court held that a sentence that prohibits a juvenile offender’s possible release until he is 88 years old violates the Eighth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause because it …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Number of California Prisoners Falling; Lifer Population Declines Slightly as Well by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As of April 1, 2020, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) counted just over 122,000 prisoners in custody, more than 25 percent lower than its 2006 peak, continuing a downward trend …
Assessing the Real Risk of Sexually Violent Predators: Doctor Padilla's Dangerous Data, Tamara Rice Lave and Franklin E. Zimring, 2018 ASSESSING THE REAL RISK OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS: DOCTOR PADILLA’S DANGEROUS DATA Tamara Rice Lave* and Franklin E. Zimring** ABSTRACT This Article uses internal memoranda and emails to describe the …
A Way Out: Abolishing Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania, Abolitionist Law Center, 2018 ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA 1 A Report on Life-Without-Parole Sentences ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER A Way Out ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA A Report On Life-Without-Parole Sentences 3 Abolitionist Law Center REPORT AUTHORS Quinn Cozzens, …
Publication • January 31, 2017
Delaying a Second Chance: The Declining Prospects for Parole on Life Sentences, The Sentencing Project, 2017 DELAYING A SECOND CHANCE: THE DECLINING PROSPECTS FOR PAROLE ON LIFE SENTENCES THIRTY-TWO JURISDICTION PROFILES For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org …
Letter to Rep. Reed re Fentanyl Death Penalty Bill H.R. 6158 HELP Act of 2016, 2016 October 18, 2016 The Honorable Tom Reed U.S. House of Representatives 2437 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 cc: Speaker Paul Ryan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Rep. John Conyers. RE: …