D.C. District Court Dismisses Class Action Against BOP Over Earned Sentence Credits by On June 9, 2025, the federal court for the District of Columbia dismissed a class action lawsuit that challenged the way the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) treated sentence credits earned by prisoners toward early release under …

Washington Prisoner’s Sentence Vacated After Attorney Calls and Visits Were Recorded by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 23, 2024, the Washington Court of Appeals sent the case of a state prisoner back to the trial court that convicted him of second-­degree domestic violence rape and assault, finding the …

Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 14, 2023, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that a state prisoner must be given jail time credit on his sentence when the charge resulting in …

Ohio Supreme Court Orders Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to Revise Calculation of Prisoner’s Sentence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 15, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio granted a state prisoner’s petition for a writ of mandamus and ordered the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) …

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 …