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Wisconsin Revives Its Commutation Process: What Practitioners Should know
By Nathan Oesch
September 24, 2026 Wisconsin has reestablished a formal process for seeking commutation after a roughly three-decade hiatus. Nate Oesch outlines what to know about eligibility, applications, and the state’s new…
Zalma on Insurance
No Good Judicial Deed Goes Unpunished
By Barry Zalma
Violate Terms of Probation and Go to Jail Post 4848 See the full video at https://rumble.com/v7fnxd6-no-good-judicial-deed-goes-unpunished.html and at https://youtu.be/9SxJRPNzSWc Kindness in Sentencing is Often Abused and Probation Becomes Jail In…
The Justice Gap
Palestine Action activists appeal ‘terrorist’ sentences never put to jury
Four Palestine Action activists, the ‘Filton Four’, have launched an appeal against being sentenced on the basis of a ‘terrorist connection’ despite never being convicted of a terrorism offence. Charlotte Head,…
SCOV Law
"Good" Timing
Can we have a decision about calculations without using this meme? Possibly. But why? By Andy DelaneyFriday was my birthday. SCOV issued one opinion about good-time credit and that which the…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
SCC rejects presumptive ceiling for post-verdict sentencing delay
Unanimous court adopts ‘markedly longer’ test in R. v. R.B.-C.; sentence reduction is the ordinary remedy for delay
The Justice Gap
Lawyers call for immediate review of IPPs after Appeal court identifies ‘flaw in system’
Leading lawyers have called on the government to immediately review all remaining imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences, warning that people may still be detained under unlawfully imposed sentences.In an…
North Carolina Criminal Law
The “Same Elements” Sentencing Point, Revisited
Under G.S. 15A-1340.14(b)(6), an additional sentencing point applies “[i]f all the elements of the present offense are included in any prior offense for which the offender was convicted, whether or…
Zalma on Insurance
Sentence Set by Extent of Crime
By Barry Zalma
Crime Requires 121-151 Months of Imprisonment Post 5486 Mr. Baiyewu Is Liable For The Loss Resulting From Acts Directly Attributable To Him And For The Loss Resulting From The Reasonably…
The Justice Gap
‘Twenty years of damage’: Campaigners urge swift action after government pledges end to indefinite jail time
Campaigners have called for the government to act swiftly after Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged to end imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences, which have left hundreds of prisoners incarcerated…
De Rebus - SA Attorneys' Journal
The Zinn triad in 2026: Still fit for purpose?
By De Rebus
Picture source: Getty/iStock For more than five decades South African courts have relied on the triadic sentencing framework articulated in S v Zinn 1969 (2) SA 537 (A). The well-known…