Supreme Court hears arguments on immigration, criminal contempt
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder , the court heard arguments on whether a person...
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Mandatory minimum sentencing busts budgets and bloats non-violent prison rolls
Deborah Fleischaker : "Last week, John Gramlich of the indispensable news site, stateline.org, reported on the political fallout in several states where policymakers have employed early prison release programs to combat overcrowded...
More ex-Guantanamo detainees returning to terrorism: Pentagon
An official from the US Department of Defense (DOD) said Wednesday that about one in five detainees freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay have returned to terrorist activities, according to a...
California must reduce recidivism for long-term solution to prison overcrowding
Dawn Koepke : "After months of debate, the legislature approved a watered-down version of the Corrections budget package aimed at addressing the $1.2 billion unallocated cut to the Department of Corrections provided in the...
One in 31 US adults are on probation, in prison, or on parole, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Center on the States . The report found that men are five times...
US to continue sending Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon
A spokesperson for the US Department of Defense (DOD) said Monday that the US will not change its policy on the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia, despite reports that two former...
US military reports over 10,000 Iraq detainees released so far in 2008
The US military said Saturday that it has released over 10,000 Iraqi detainees this past year. Gen. David H. Petraeus was quoted by AP as saying the releases are part of a program to...
New French detention law incompatible with European rights treaty
Judith Sutherland : "On February 7, 2008, the French parliament enacted a law allowing for the continued detention of offenders who have already completed their prison sentences, purportedly to prevent them re-offending....
Senate Democrats reject DOJ case against retroactive reduced crack cocaine penalties
US Senate Democrats announced their continued support Tuesday for a US Sentencing Commission decision to give retroactive effect to sentencing guidelines that would narrow the disparity between sentences for offenses involving powder and crack cocaine,...
A French bill aimed at reducing violent crimes committed by repeat offenders violates international fair trial standards , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. The proposed law, sponsored by the administration of French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official profile;...
