... or serves to increase the carceral control over people rather than minimize it. Clemency, Mercy, and Other Back-End Relief Strategies Jolene Forman, Chief Program Of cer at the Just Trust, moderated a panel focused on clemency, mercy, and other back-end release strategies. Hon. Robert Ehrlich, former...

... Justice Department Feeney amendment U.S. v. Booker First Step Act of 2017 determinate sentencing “second look” sentencing parole compassionate release clemency Law without Order, Then Too Much Order, Then Not Enough? RONALD WEICH* Dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law Judge Marvin...

... significant medical conditions, many of whom have already served many years in prison and demonstrate compelling rehabilitation, these categories remain viable—and even promising— avenues for release. © 2023 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. 2023 compassionate release clemency...

... law prisoners. Congress should not continue to re-authorize the Parole Commission. Parole authority should be transferred to U.S. magistrate judges, to apply release criteria more suited to an elderly population. Finally, clemency petitions for everyone sentenced under the old law should...

... 2022 Issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter explores what could come next in the area of sentencing reform, with a particular focus on two new federal bills proposing notable structural changes to the federal sentencing system. The proposed Sentencing Commission Improvements Act and FIX Clemency Act...

...Catherine Sevcenko Clemency dates back to ancient times. For centuries everyone accepted that clemency was needed to correct unduly harsh outcomes dictated by law in individual cases. That changed in the United States in the second half of the 20th century, when clemency became associated...

...Mark Osler As other second-chance sentencing mechanisms are considered and developed, the reform of federal clemency remains important. As part of broader reforms, clemency can—if revived—serve functions that other pathways cannot. It offers a singular breadth and scope, limited only...

..., the authors seek to shine a bright light on how the post-conviction mechanisms of compassionate release, clemency, and sentencing review must be used—in some instances reimagined—to advance decarceration for people with mental health treatment needs in federal and state prison systems. The authors call...

... practices have rendered pardoning on the federal level democratically suspect and suggests a mechanism for re-invigorating pardoning as a democratic process. © 2021 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. 2021 Pardoning clemency President Donald Trump theatricality democracy clemency...

...,” as a majority of state constitutions already provide. © 2021 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. 2021 Pardon Article II Clemency Amnesty Framers U.S. Constitution Rebellion Federalist No. 74 Trump Insurrection Article II and the Pardon Power: Did the Framers Drop the Ball? I...

...Matthew Gluck; Jack Goldsmith Since the nineteenth century, presidents have largely relied on recommendations from the Office of the Pardon Attorney when granting pardons and commutations. The current process for making clemency recommendations usually takes more than a year. It is governed...

...John Gleeson The president’s power to grant clemency is but one feature of a sentence-correction ecosystem. But the abolition of federal parole in the 1980s left the clemency power as the only way to correct lawfully imposed sentences for the simple reason that they are too damn long. This article...

... reserved. 2020 reentry restorative justice recidivism violent offenders clemency commutations compassionate release A Real Second Chance Upon reading the compassionate release provisions of the Second Chance and First Step Acts, one can t help but wonder if they are the legal system s cruel...