Youth Incarceration is Declining Sharply, but Racial Disparities are Increasing
From: Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project There are several new publications from The Sentencing Project: A new policy brief delves...
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Lovington, New Mexico Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assault on Law Enforcement Officials
A federal judge sentenced a Lovington, NM, man to 300 months in federal prison for a crime spree during which...
Attorney General Madigan Settles Claims Against Sham Cancer Charities
Settlement Concludes Action by Madigan, FTC & States Against Charities that Bilked More Than $75 Million from Donors CHICAGO,...
FBI Warns of Rise in Schemes Targeting Businesses and Online Fraud of Financial Officers and Individuals
FBI officials and various federal and local partners warn potential victims of the business e-mail compromise scam or “B.E.C.,” a...
President Obama Grants Commutations of Sentence to 61 Individuals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On March 30, 2016, President Barack Obama granted commutation of sentence to 61 individuals. The President granted...
National Lawyers Guild, Human Rights Activists Call for IRS Investigation into Charity Status of Jewish National Fund
WASHINGTON DC — Today, Palestinian Land Day, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) submitted a regulatory challenge to the IRS requesting...
National Urban League to U.N.: Stop Unauthorized Use of Trademarked Logo
NEW YORK - The National Urban League has asked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to intervene in the U.N.’s ongoing...
#SchoolsNotJails Action to Close Youth Prisons in Solidarity with Calls to #ShutDownChi
Organizers demand Gov. Rauner close youth prisons and reinvest funding into communities most impacted by youth incarceration and the school-to-prison...
White House to Host Women and the Criminal Justice System Convening
The White House today will host a convening on Women and the Criminal Justice System. In honor of Women’s History...
Makah Tribal Member Sentenced to Prison for Assault of Police Officer
Defendant Attacked Officer in Attempt to Escape from Neah Bay Jail An enrolled Makah Tribal member who fled...
