Sentencing reform and criminal defense groups launch state-level clemency project
ABA Journal Daily News
ABA Journal Daily News
Clemency Project 2014 has submitted more than 1,000 petitions for sentence commutations to the federal government, the project announced today. The ABA-backed project is… ABA Journal Daily News
President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted the clemency petitions of 61 federal prisoners, reducing their sentences and providing for them to be freed later this… ABA Journal Daily News
In a 2013 speech delivered at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting, then-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new “Smart on Crime” initiative… ABA Journal Daily News
Scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for setting a house fire that killed three children almost 15 years ago, a 36-year-old death row inmate in… ABA Journal Daily News