A Kansas City, Missouri, man who pleaded guilty to entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and expects a pardon from President-elect Donald Trump will be allowed to attend Trump’s inauguration, a federal judge ordered Thursday.
President Joe Biden Thursday commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were placed in home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic, and granted pardons for 39 individuals with convictions for nonviolent crimes.
“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said in a statement. He noted many of the 1,500 were serving long sentences that would be shorter under current laws, policies and practices.
As the Biden administration winds down, it’s the
Thursday, Biden commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people and granted pardons for 39 individuals with convictions for nonviolent crimes.
So, what? The charges were ridiculous and Republicans have been out to get Hunter Biden since the laptop. He checked the wrong box on a form to buy a gun. And evaded taxes, but paid them!
Senior District Judge Deborah Oakes Evans recused herself after a challenge to her impartiality over longtime relationships with case prosecutors and judges.
Extreme right-wing operatives have crafted an authoritarian playbook that would push it over the edge, destroying the nation's 250-year-old bedrock system of checks and balances to create an imperial presidency.
The federal election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump is over, at least during his forthcoming presidency.
Reports of the criminal justice reform movement’s death are greatly exaggerated. Look at Monique Worrell, who supports greater police accountability and is reclaiming her office after being removed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Today, President-elect Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz as U.S. Attorney General.
Americans are anything but proud that the United States is number one in the world when it comes to two devastating metrics: mass incarceration and mass shootings. The country has the highest incarceration rate and the most mass shooting events in the world.
There is also a feeling of hopelessness that anything will change when Congress consistently refuses to take any action to address either issue.
What factors contributed to the 500% increase in incarcerated citizens—catapulting the
This is the introduction to the upcoming Zany Progressive series on mass incarceration. After this initial look at the country overall, states will gradually appear in the series until we have a report and statistics for every state and territory in the United States.
Attorneys for a free speech group urged the Ohio prosecutor to pursue charges against Trump and Vance for the harmful, inflammatory lies about Haitians.
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