To the editor: New legislation is needed to void California's so-called compassionate release law that went into effect in 2023. ("Her mother's killer was freed because of cancer. She wants to ...

McConnell sentenced Ricci, now 63, to three years behind bars last May. But Ricci, who earned a reputation for taunting his federal investigators with expletive-laced insults, would be credited for ...

He deserved the sentence he received, but there is still an out for him through compassionate release. Inmates like Madoff are in the Department of Justice’s Victim Witness Program, that gives a ...

Many of the North Texans awarded presidential clemency in late 2024 and earlier this year had previously sought release on compassionate grounds. They figured their age and declining health would have ...

A 79-year-old Quincy man imprisoned for a violent anti-Asian hate crime has asked for compassionate release from federal prison. How a judge ruled.

In 2020, in the midst of the COVID pandemic, our Legislature passed the Compassionate Release Act (CRA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.51e. It repealed the former Medical Parole Statute (which barred release ...

Ricci asked for compassionate release from prison to take care of ... Ricci made a last ditch bid to avoid prison by offering in a letter to a bankruptcy trustee to “go undercover" for the ...

Sullivan's lawyer has requested compassionate release due to undisclosed medical reasons. The request was opposed by the Assistant U.S. Attorney. The Assistant U.S. Attorney argues that Sullivan's ...