Danbury inmate released from 15-year cocaine sentence on technicality; original judge led efforts because he hated the required maximum sentencing.

Supreme Court Justice wrote today, in Millbrook v. United States, that an intentional tort by a law enforcement officer does not fall under the exemption/immunity for federal employees. Thus inmates may file suit for sexual abuse (as in the case).

This Louisiana case developed when police interrogated a suspect for 9 hours, who, unsurprisingly, confessed to the murder of a distant cousin.  Although he recanted when […]

Maryland became the 18th state to abolish the death penalty, and Delaware may soon follow.  Lots to think about here–no Southern state has voted that way;  […]

We are talking common sense here:  a private grant is helping inmates in Ithica, N.Y. take college courses.  The 1996 loss of federal Pell grants has […]

Sequester will furlough W. Va. prison guards, create more danger for them and the inmates.