From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): Will you take one minute to call Senator Pat Toomey and Senator Bob Casey at 844-899-8819 and ask them to end the disparity between how we sentence crack and powder cocaine cases? Click Here to … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): The Sentencing Project is pleased to share its newest report, No End in Sight: America’s Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment by Senior Research Analyst Ashley Nellis, finding that one in seven people in prison — … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): The conditions in our nation’s prisons and jails have never been worse. Tell your leaders they need to help now: https://secure.everyaction.com/4FdoQDEg2EuDXAOif8JEZg2 People in prison are at their breaking point. They are trapped in cells all … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): The advancement of racial justice has eluded youth decarceration efforts in the United States. A new report from The Sentencing Project reviews 10 years of youth incarceration data and finds the persistence of racial and … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): We are heartbroken by the avoidable death of Mr. Bruce Norris while waiting for Gov. Tom Wolf to finalize his commutation. Norris’s case for release from prison had been supported by the Board of … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Capital-Star (https://www.penncapital-star.com/): As progressives in the Pennsylvania Legislature gear up for another run at eliminating cash bail in the new session, they might want to train their gaze a few hundred miles to the west for a … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): Following a nearly 700% increase between 1972 and 2009, the U.S. prison population declined 11% in the subsequent 10 years. At this rate of decline it will take 57 years — until 2078 — to … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): FAMM and many of our FAMMily members have been advocating expanded clemency in Pa., and we need to continue making our voices heard! The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons will meet the rest of this … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): It’s not just that we lock up too many people. We lock up too many people for far too long. We leave them in prison for years—even decades. Some remain behind bars even though … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/28/never-give-ronnie-long-wrongfully-convicted-all-white-jury-freed-after-44-years Published on Friday, August 28, 2020 by Common Dreams Sentenced to life behind bars for a rape he did not commit, Long’s attorneys learned in 2015 that investigators withheld exculpatory evidence proving his innocence. By Brett Wilkins, … Continued