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A paroled offender’s sentence doesn't always end upon release from prison. Back-end sentencing – re-incarceration for violating parole – is all too common.

History was made on the night of December 18, 2018 when the U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan First Step Act.

Affluenza, the inability to comprehend the consequences of one’s actions thanks to financial privilege and influence, has been with us for all of history.

For the first time, there is a real solution to a problem that has crippled America in so many ways. If the First Step Act becomes a reality, the problems are finally on their way to being solved.

In a 5-3 decision March 28,2017, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the methods that Texas has been using to gauge whether a defendant’s intellectual ability should spare them the death penalty.

Anthony "Tony" Bascaro is 80 years old and has been in prison for the past 34 years. Pretty much everyone – except for his daughter and granddaughter – has forgotten about him. If he lives long enough, he will be released in 2019.