Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row ... - CBS News
1 day ago · President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences . Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Hochul Orders Firing of 14 Prison Workers After ... - The New …
1 day ago · Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has ordered that 13 corrections officers and a prison nurse be fired after the fatal beating of an inmate in an attack that their union called “incomprehensible.”
Federal death row sentences for 37 inmates are commuted - CNN
1 day ago · The 37 inmates impacted by the decision, whose crimes include murders tied to drug trafficking and the killings of prison guards or other inmates, will instead serve life sentences.
These 3 inmates are still on federal death row after Biden ... - CBS News
1 day ago · Why Biden didn't commute 3 federal death row sentences 02:49. Washington — President Biden on Monday announced he had commuted the sentences of nearly all federal inmates on death row, with the ...
Biden changed 37 federal death sentences to life in prison ... - PBS
1 day ago · Related. Oklahoma puts man to death by lethal injection in nation’s final execution of 2024. By Sean Murphy, Associated Press. Indiana completes first execution in 15 years as man convicted of ...
Prison news - Today’s latest updates - CBS News
Several defendants could get years in prison for their role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane breaks down how their sentences...
Prison Legal News - Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights
6 days ago · Human Rights activist and the editor and publisher of Prison Legal News Paul Wright discusses the prevalence of solitary confinement and other forms of torture in the US, what it means to ban the practice in New York City, how solitary confinement policies are being rolled back or hidden in plain sight in US prisons, the novel lengths Alabama ...
New York's governor orders firing of prison staffers involved in …
3 days ago · NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month. Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement Saturday that she has directed the state’s corrections department commissioner to begin the process of terminating 14 workers involved in the fatal ...
Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of ... - Associated Press News
Jul 25, 2024 · President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption and abuse in the prison system.
Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of federal Bureau of Prisons ...
Jul 11, 2024 · Congress has passed legislation overhauling oversight and bringing greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny.