Compassionate release programs could be a useful and humane means of reducing the prison population if states were to use them more, according to a report released Wednesday by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). “Everywhere and Nowhere: Compassionate Release in the States” reviews the early-release programs...
President Trump’s victory in the Supreme Court’s ratification of his travel ban marked a milestone in his attempt to paint broad swaths of immigrants as dangerous, a rhetorical strategy that has underpinned the administration’s sweeping efforts to curtail immigration unilaterally, the Washington Post reports. Shunting...
The Supreme Court has effectively “future-proofed” the Fourth Amendment against threats to privacy posed by the expansion of data surveillance technology, according to a leading commentator on Internet law. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, a professor at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School...
A federal appeals court temporarily narrowed the scope of a nationwide injunction against the Trump administration’s attempt to withhold grants from sanctuary cities, Politico reports. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ request to stay the nationwide aspect...
A federal judge in San Diego issued a preliminary injunction that says all children affected by the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy must be reunited with their parents within 30 days, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw called it a case...
Vickson Korlewala drove from his West Philadelphia home on April 2, 2014, planning to pay off some utility bills. Instead, he and his wife Lorpu found themselves caught in a four-year roller coaster ride inside the justice system. After driving just a few blocks, he pulled...