Ohio enacts new laws precluding death penalty for those with “serious mentally illness” and largely eliminating LWOP for juvenile offenders January 11, 2021
Interesting accounting of the “Top 5 Criminal Justice Reforms Advocates Want Under Biden” January 11, 2021
SCOTUS grants cert on four new criminal cases, including one on FIRST STEP Act retroactivity of reduced crack sentences January 9, 2021
“Thirteen Charged in Federal Court Following Riot at the United States Capitol; Approximately 40 charged in Superior Court” January 8, 2021
The new death penalty: Marshall Project reporting COVID has now killed more than 2000 prisoners in the United States January 8, 2021
Sixth Circuit panel reiterates “district courts have discretion to define ‘extraordinary and compelling’ on their own initiative” for 3582(c)(1)(A) motions January 7, 2021
