Decades of tough-on-crime sentencing and increasingly rigid release policies have left many to grow old in a system that was not designed to accommodate them.
Tag: Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons
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A New Law Unites Northern Ireland — in Outrage
Catholics and Protestants alike say a commission created by the British Parliament to handle hundreds of sectarian crimes will do little to heal old wounds.
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Miles de migrantes son encarcelados en la frontera como testigos
El Departamento de Justicia ha invocado una ley de 200 años de antigüedad para detener a miles de migrantes indocumentados a fin de que declaren en casos contra traficantes de personas. Algunos han estado privados de la libertad seis meses o más.
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Justice Department Detains Thousands of Immigrants as Witnesses
The Justice Department has invoked a 200-year-old law to detain thousands of undocumented immigrants as witnesses in smuggling cases. Judges have locked up some for six months or more.
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Donald Trump’s Campaign of Violence and Lawlessness
The ex-president is running on a platform of lawlessness.