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Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020
How to Clear Your Record of Marijuana Charges in Illinois by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell While Illinois has legalized recreational marijuana and pardoned more than 11,000 people with marijuana cases, removing marijuana charges and convictions from your record may require more leg work from some who don’t qualify under …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
U.S. District Judge Blows Open ATF Fake Stash-House Stings, Wants to Know Why They Only Target Minorities by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell “Psst ... Wanna make some easy money? I got this drug dealer who owes me big time. You help me rob him, and I’ll split it all …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: War on Drugs
New York to Seal Convictions for Small Amounts of Marijuana by The state of New York is abuzz about a new law that eases penalties for low-level marijuana possession and expunges thousands of low-level cannabis convictions. The new law gives fines instead of jail time of up to 90 days …
Collateral Consequences Resource Center - Pathways to Reintegration Criminal Record Reforms in 2019 Pathways to Reintegration: Criminal Record Reforms in 2019 February 2020 s COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public engagement on the myriad issues raised by …
Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020
Oklahoma: Cocaine Bust Was Really Only Powdered Milk by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Cody Gregg of Oklahoma is a member of a growing segment of America’s population—he is a homeless person and also receives food from a community pantry. On August 12, 2019, Gregg was doing a probated sentence …
Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020
Filed under: War on Drugs
Montana Supreme Court Holds Automatic 35% Drug Fine Facially Unconstitutional by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of Montana held that the state’s automatic and mandatory fine of 35 percent of the market value of the drugs in a drug-offense conviction is facially unconstitutional, because it doesn’t allow …
Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force review, 2019 Criminal Justice Investment Task Force Acknowledgements While the work of a number of subcommittees of the Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force is ongoing and not reflected within this report, the Task Force would like to thank the following agencies, associations, and …
Article • July 7, 2019
Idaho: ACLU Files Suit That Reveals Officials Misled Public About Costs Associated With Executions In State by Chad Marks by Chad Marks  The ACLU of Idaho brought a lawsuit after the Idaho Department of Corrections refused to turn over execution-related records to a University of Idaho law professor. Law professor …
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs, Sentencing
Locking Up Drug ‘Dealers’ to Save Users Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer by Alyssa Stryker by Alyssa Stryker, Truthout President Trump declared a national emergency to fund a wall on the southern U.S. border. In his declaration speech, he doubled down on the ridiculous idea that a wall would significantly impact the drug trade. …
Article • May 22, 2019
Some Texas Judges Not Complying with State Law on Misdemeanor Cases by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Since 2010, Texas has been able to reduce the size of its prison system from an all-time high of 127 units to its current 104 units. A major factor contributing to this reduction …
Article • May 16, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs
Using Technology to Erase Old Pot Convictions is the Buzz in Los Angeles by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Prosecutors in Los Angeles are using computer algorithms to wipe out or reduce up to 50,000 old marijuana convictions, years after the drug was legalized by voters in California. The county …
Article • May 15, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs
Ninth Circuit: Washington State Accomplice Liability Drug Offenses Not ACCA Predicates by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Washington state’s accomplice liability statute renders the state’s drug trafficking law too broad to serve as an Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) …
Article • May 15, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs
Pennsylvania District Court Explores the Growing Conflict Between Federal Laws, Which Still Prohibit the Use of Any Amounts of Marijuana, and State Laws, Which Increasingly Authorize the Use of Medical Marijuana and Decriminalize the Use of Small Amounts by Punch & Jurists by Punch & Jurists In Bey, District Judge …
Urban Institute - Next Steps in Federal Corrections Reform, Implementing and Building on the First Step Act, 2019 JUSTICE POLICY CENTER Next Steps in Federal Corrections Reform IMPLEMENTING AND BUILDING ON THE FIRST STEP ACT Julie Samuels, Nancy La Vigne, and Chelsea Thomson May 2019 The topic of federal corrections …
Article • April 12, 2019 • from CLN May, 2019
D.C. Circuit Holds Attempted Drug Offenses Do Not Count Toward Career Criminal Designation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that prior convictions for attempted distribution of, and attempted possession with intent to distribute drugs, could not be used to render …
Article • April 12, 2019 • from CLN May, 2019
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules as a Matter of 1st Impression That Mother’s Use of Opioids During Pregnancy Not Child Abuse by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On December 28, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled as a matter of first impression that a mother cannot be found to be …
Article • April 12, 2019 • from CLN May, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs, Sentencing
First Circuit: Failure to Prove a Prior Conviction Was a ‘Controlled Substance Offense’ Under the Guidelines Requires Resentencing by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that when the Government fails to prove a prior conviction was for a controlled substance as …
The Next Step - Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes, 2019 The Next Step Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org twitter.com/sentencingproj facebook.com/thesentencingproject instagram.com/endlifeimprisonment This report was written by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., …
Article • March 16, 2019 • from CLN April, 2019
San Francisco Embraces New Technology to Clear Pot Convictions by Several pot-related crimes went up in smoke when California voters approved Proposition 64 marijuana reforms in 2016—and all retroactively. However, a lack of resources in many district attorney offices to review decades’ worth of criminal cases eligible under the new …
Article • March 16, 2019 • from CLN April, 2019
Fourth Circuit Rules 3 Marijuana Stems Discovered in Single Trash Pull Insufficient for Search Warrant, Suppresses Evidence Found in Residence by David Reutter by David Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the suppression of evidence obtained while executing a search warrant based on the discovery …
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