When the #FirstStepAct was being debated, we (JLUSA) opposed it. For many reasons: who'd benefit the most, implementation foresight, resource constraints.
Peter Navarro isn't the face of incarceration. But he's right: Implement. The. Law. Even though it's flawed policy—as is now being exposed.
Bitfinex Hack Perpetrator Freed Early
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#BitfinexHack #CryptoCrime #CyberLaw #FirstStepAct #FinancialCybercrime #BlockchainSecurity #InfosecHistory
iT4iNT SERVER Bitfinex Hack Convict Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early Under U.S. First Step Act VDS VPS Cloud #BitfinexHack #IlyaLichtenstein #FirstStepAct #Cryptocurrency #Bitcoin
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Diddy’s Prison Sentence: Could He Be Out in Just 17 Months?
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#SeanCombs
#DJAkademiks
#RDAP
#FederalPrison
#FirstStepAct
#PrisonReform
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US v Duffey: #5thCir, after #SCOTUS reversal, remands for resentencing in light #SCOTUS holding that more lenient #FirstStepAct penalties apply to defendants resentenced after its enactment #criminallaw #sentencing #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3JpJlFt
In celebrating the sixth anniversary of that #law, the #FirstStepAct, in December, #Durbin noted that less than 10% of the 40k prisoners released under the law, many of them drug offenders, had been rearrested or jailed, far less than the typical #recidivism rate.
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Rutherford v. U.S. (@3rdCir): Whether courts may consider #FirstStepAct sentencing disparities as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). Circuit split on statutory interpretation. https://tinyurl.com/23u4vkkg
During his first Administration, POTUS-elect signed the #FirstStepAct for sentencing reform. Commonsense #CJReform can and should be a bipartisan priority. I hope that states follow the federal government's lead. (h/t NAACP Legal Defense Fund)
The failed war on drugs has ruined lives, broken up families and decimated communities.
Everyday Americans have been aggressively prosecuted, convicted and sentenced for nonviolent offenses.
Thank you President Biden for commuting thousands of these sentences.
#FirstStepAct
Biden Pardons 2,500 Nonviolent Drug Offenders, Sets Historic Record
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#Biden #CriminalJusticeReform #Pardons #DrugPolicy #FairSentencing #FirstStepAct #Clemency #USPolitics #SocialJustice #Rehabilitation
Criminal Justice Reform Is Health Care Reform
Incarceration often worsens pre-existing health issues & creates new ones due to poor healthcare in prisons and the stress of confinement.
#FirstStepAct #healthcare #prisons #politics
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It was really great to see the whole #FirstStepAct crew together again last night in DC! Here is me with my friend Alice Marie Johnson