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The population of American prisons is likely to rise for the first time in nearly a decade with President-elect Donald Trump's promise to detain and deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally and his selection of tough-on-crime Sen. Jeff Sessions to the nation's highest law enforcement post. If so, one of the prime beneficiaries would be the private companies that operate many of the nation's prisons.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media after having lunch with formerly incarcerated individuals who have received commutations, including Ramona Brant and Phillip Emmert , at Bus Boys and Poets restaurant on March 30, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Pool - Getty Images President Obama continued his historic efforts to reshape the approach to clemency and announced 79 more commutations for federal offenders. As of Tuesday, White House officials noted, Obama has shortened the sentences of over 1,000 federal prison inmates, 342 of whom were serving life sentences.
In this Jan. 19, 2010 file photo, Brendan Dassey, left, listens to testimony at the Manitowoc County Courthouse in Manitowoc, Wis. Dassey, whose homicide conviction was overturned in a case profiled in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" was ordered released Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, from federal prison while prosecutors appeal.
In this Jan. 19, 2010 file photo, Brendan Dassey, left, listens to testimony at the Manitowoc County Courthouse in Manitowoc, Wis. Dassey, whose homicide conviction was overturned in a case profiled in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" was ordered released Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, from federal prison while prosecutors appeal.
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 98 inmates Thursday, continuing his efforts to release federal inmates sentenced to harsh prison terms for nonviolent drug offenses. Nearly half the group - 42 people - originally had been sentenced to life imprisonment.
A federal judge has recused herself from a case involving hacktivist group Anonymous by virtue of indirectly being one of its former victims. Chief U.S. District Judge Patti Saris was slated to presume over the arraignment of accused hospital hacker Martin Gottesfeld on Wednesday in Boston, but announced she had stepped down in a three-sentence explanation filed in court the day before.
On Oct. 17, 2016, Isamary Diaz, 56, of Phoenix was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison with one year of supervised release for failure to file accurate tax returns in order to cover up the fact she was employing illegal aliens she helped smuggle into the country to work in her five Phoenix area restaurants.
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President Barack Obama cut short on Tuesday the sentences of 111 federal inmates in another round of commutations for those convicted of nonviolent drug offences. Obama has long called for phasing out strict sentences for drug convictions, arguing they lead to excessive punishment and incarceration rates unseen in other developed countries.
The Justice Department says it's phasing out its relationships w... . FILE - In this June 28, 2016 file photo, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington.
Before REYNA, HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.DENNIS L. FRIEDMAN, Philadelphia, PA, argued for petitioner. ROBERT NORWAY, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent.
Federal prosecutors say statements that imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has made prove he isn't "deserving of leniency." A resentencing hearing is scheduled next month for Blagojevich, who is hoping a federal judge will give him a five-year sentence instead of his original 14 years.
A town of Pamelia man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for possessing machine gun conversion kits. Bruce D. Fowler, 60, of 24030 Route 37, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Syracuse, after pleading guilty March 9 to illegal possession of machine guns.
A year after the U.S. Supreme Court found a provision of the federal Armed Career Criminal Act, which authorizes severe prison sentences for defendants with lengthy criminal histories unconstitutional, the ruling has led to a review of 800 sentences in western Pennsylvania and the possible release of many of those inmates. Within the past two weeks, eight federal inmates have filed petitions with U.S. District Court in Johnstown asking that their cases be reviewed in light of the June 26, 2015, decision in Samuel Johnson v.
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, middle, reports to the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minn., on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in a to serve a 15-month sentence. CHICAGO – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert wheeled himself into a federal prison in Minnesota on Wednesday to serve his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case involving revelations that he sexually abused at least four boys while a high school wrestling coach in Illinois.
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrived at a Minnesota prison on Wednesday to serve his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case involving revelations that he sexually abused at least four boys when he coached wrestling at an Illinois high school. The 74-year-old Illinois Republican - one of the highest-ranking U.S. politicians to ever go to prison - arrived around noon at the facility in Rochester where he will be known as Inmate No.
Hastert's attorney says that he will report to a federal prison in southeastern Minnesota t... . FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago.
In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago. Hastert's attorney says that he will report to a federal prison in southeastern Minnesota this week to begin serving a 15-month sentence in his hush-money case.
The Florida man who pleaded guilty to a felony after landing a gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol last year began serving his 120-day sentence in a Florida prison on Tuesday. He granted CNN exclusive interviews during his final hours of freedom.
Even as the victims were bleeding out in Orlando early Sunday, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito was tweeting her support for another terrorist, unrepentant bomber Oscar Lopez Rivera. The speaker is a fervent Puerto Rican nationalist, you see.