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A Missouri man whose appeal of his 50-year sentence for burglary and assault has been backed by the W.N.B.A. star Maya Moore had his conviction overturned by a state judge on Monday. Before a packed courtroom in Jefferson City, Judge Daniel Green capped months of review by issuing a ruling that vacated the guilty verdict of the victim, Jonathan Irons, and ordered that he be released from the maximum-security prison where he has been behind bars for the last 23 years. Tears we

Two formerly incarcerated people who served a combined total of 68 years in prison are going to put their experiences to work to help prison inmates through the state’s commutations process, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s office said Monday. Fetterman, who chairs the state Board of Pardons, said in a statement that George Trudel and Naomi Blount, who each had their sentences commuted, will visit prisons across the state to assist inmates who are applying for commutations and will

Washington (CNN)-The federal government has ordered the death penalty to be reinstated for the first time in nearly two decades, as Attorney General William Barr directed the Bureau of Prisons to schedule the execution of five inmates after adopting an updated execution protocol. After 16 years without an execution, Barr has directed the head of the Bureau of Prisons to execute "five death-row inmates convicted of murdering, and in some cases torturing and raping, the most vu

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has banned prisoners from reading a book that discusses the impact of the criminal justice system on Black men, drawing outcry from First Amendment advocates who say the move is censorship. The American Civil Liberties Union called on the Arizona Department of Corrections this week to rescind the ban on “Chokehold: Policing Black Men.” The book by Paul Butler, a former federal prosecutor, examines law enforcement and mass incarceration through its treat

For more than two decades, the Illinois Department of Corrections has been using electronic monitoring on people who have finished their state prison sentences. Throughout that time they have remained totally unaccountable for the impact of this technology. They have not conducted research, issued reports, completed evaluations of this program-until late April of this year. That is when the state Sentencing Policy Advisory Council issued a report which admitted that monitors

PUMA continuing its partnership with Meek Mill has created the Clyde Court #Reform. More than just a sneaker with a powerful message, the pair is connected to the recently established Reform Alliance organization. With a mission statement of improving the American criminal justice system, the Reform Alliance is led by names like Meek, Puma Basketball creative director Jay Z, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. The black-based knit on the Clyde Court #Reform features

A new study reveals in stark numbers just how many American families have been affected by mass incarceration. Nearly half (45 percent) of adults in the U.S. ― or 113 million people nationwide ― have an immediate family member who has spent at least one night in jail or prison, according to a study released Dec. 6 by Cornell University and political advocacy group Fwd.us. And about 1 in 7 adults has a close family member ― defined as parents, children, siblings, partners or s

Buju Banton was finally released today after serving eight years at the McRae Correctional institution. The United States embassy in Kingston are tight-lipped about when the 45-year-old entertainer can return to the country. Buju, born Mark Myrie, was arrested in December 2009 after he was met by a convicted drug trafficker on a flight from Spain who planned to set up a cocaine deal for him. After his conviction of drug trafficking in February 2011, the reggae icon was senten