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Pardons
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Criminal
More press coverage of more Justice Department filings arguing Jan 6 pardons cover other crimes
In this post from Friday, titled "Justice Department now asserting in some cases that Prez Trump's Jan 6 pardons covers gun and drug crimes," I noted an NPR report noting…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Of prisons and pardons, updates on stories to watch amid federal transition
I have blogged recently about on-going challenges and recent transitions at the federal Bureau of Prisons (post here) and also about Prez Trump appointing Alice Marie Johnson (posts here and…
Criminal
Of prisons and pardons, updates on stories to watch amid federal transition
I have blogged recently about on-going challenges and recent transitions at the federal Bureau of Prisons (post here) and also about Prez Trump appointing Alice Marie Johnson (posts here and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Justice Department now asserting in some cases that Prez Trump's Jan 6 pardons covers gun and drug crimes
As reported in this new NPR article, headlined "Justice Department broadens Jan 6 pardons to cover gun, drug-related charges," the Justice Department is now concurring with some defendants claims that…
Criminal
Prez Trump formally announces Alice Marie Johnson will be his “pardon czar”
As reported in this Reuters piece, "Donald Trump on Thursday said he had made Alice Johnson, a Tennessee woman who was serving a life sentence for a drug crime before…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prez Trump formally announces Alice Marie Johnson will be his "pardon czar"
As reported in this Reuters piece, "Donald Trump on Thursday said he had made Alice Johnson, a Tennessee woman who was serving a life sentence for a drug crime before…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prez Trump reportedly to name Alice Marie Johnson as his "pardon czar"
This new New York Times article, headlined "Trump May Name a Woman He Once Pardoned to Be His ‘Pardon Czar,’" reports on a notable potential development in the federal clemency…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prez Trump pardons former Illinois Gov after prior commutation … are more clemencies in the works?
As reported in this AP piece, "President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term." …
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Federal Government Curtails Prosecutions for Blocking Access to Reproductive Rights Centers
By Tracy Thomas
DOJ Curtails Prosecutions For Blocking Access to Reproductive Rights CentersPresident Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking access to…
Simple Justice
Mistakes Like This Shouldn’t Happen
There has been harsh criticism of Trump for having pardoned or commuted the sentences of violent criminals in his grandiose, yet shallow, display of pandering to his MAGA base that…