Category: Blog

When we look at inmates and their voting rights, we see that about 4.5 million citizens both in and out of prison are currently ineligible to vote. As the 2020 presidential election grows nearer, voting rights and voter disenfranchisement are at the forefront of conversations regarding voter turnout. Voter Disenfranchisement One aspect of voter disenfranchisement […]

President Trump granted Five Commutations this past week. I believed and posited that this was likely but I was hoping for more commutations to be granted.

In Dominguez, the Southern District of Florida granted compassionate release to a person who had a pre-Booker life sentence.

In Wagner, The Fifth Circuit held that no trial penalty existed although the District Court judge mentioned that the codefendants pled guilty.

Marie Neba's Tragic Death inside the BOP shows the cruelty of the system and the need for change.

In Brown, the Eleventh Circuit indicated that the district court used incorrect criteria to deny a First Step Act motion.

Delgado-Lopez's case is important because it deals with statements and reasoning regarding the "Minor Role" Reduction that the court made at sentencing that were improper and unfounded.

CNN Reports that COVID-19 has killed more police officers this year than any other cause. It's time for the prosecutors to be pro-law enforcement.

ACLU Lawyer Andrea Moore says that the federal judiciary must do more to protect the incarcerated population from COVID-19

A CNN Article outlined the conditions within Seagoville FCI, where 1300 out of 1750 inmates
have tested positive for COVID-19.