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"Pennsylvania Supreme Court ends mandatory life without parole for felony murder," by Jackson Healy, Courthouse News Service, March 26, 2026
"Justices Rule for Defendant in Dispute Over Supervised Release," by Justin Wise, Bloomberg Law, March 25, 2026
"Booker, Durbin Reintroduce Legislation Aimed at Increasing Membership within the U.S. Sentencing Commission," Office of Senator Cory Booker, March 18, 2026
"Commentary: Second-look laws allow courts to reconsider long prison sentences," by Hanna Liebman Dershowitz, Reason Foundation, March 11, 2026
"Durbin, Lee Introduce Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bills," U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, 2026
"Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes," by Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, December 15, 2025
"A Wisconsin bill would allow one youth offender — and about 100 others — to appeal a life sentence," by Frank Zufall, Wisconsin Examiner, December 04, 2025
"Feds Take Small Steps Away From Life Sentences for Street-Level Drug Selling," by Kastalia Medrano, Filter, November 06, 2025
"They were convicted of gang crimes. New California Supreme Court rulings trim their sentences," by Joe Garcia and Nigel Duara, CalMatters, September 02, 2025
"Cracks in the System: The long fight to end the racial disparity in cocaine sentencing continues," by Andy Engelson, ABA Journal, August 01, 2025
"States Embrace Second Look Laws To Reward Rehabilitation," by Brian Steele, Law360, July 21, 2025
"Sotomayor balks over rejection of sentencing disputes," by Kayla Goggin, Courthouse News Service, June 30, 2025
"Governor Wes Moore signs the Maryland Second Look Act," by Tierra Williams, WMDT, April 23, 2025
"Not Guilty but Punished Anyway," by Billy Binion, Reason, April 21, 2025
"The Bipartisan Push to Rethink Long Sentences for Abuse Survivors," by Shannon Heffernan, The Marshall Project, April 12, 2025
