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Keep Them Home: Travis’ Story

Tuesday, October 12, 2021
At this moment, thousands of people safely completing their sentences at home are living in fear that they’ll be sent back to federal prison through no fault of their own. A memo from the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued in the final days of... Read More

A Racist Disparity, the EQUAL Act, and One Man’s Redemption

Monday, August 23, 2021
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 reduced the disparity in sentencing for crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses from 100:1 to 18:1. But true justice won’t come until the ratio is 1:1. Until then, thousands of people, more than 80 percent of them Black, remain... Read More

When Addiction Leads to 30 Years Behind Bars

Tuesday, June 8, 2021
“I am not saying that I am innocent. I did some really foolish things and failed to reach out for help for my addiction. I broke my mother’s heart.” Celeste Blair’s path from childhood trauma to addiction to prison is all too common. At the... Read More

How an Unloaded BB Gun Got a Teenager 33 Years

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
15 – Nick Robinson’s age when he was arrested 17 – Nick’s age when he was sent to an adult prison 33 – The number of years of his sentence 28 – How old Nick is now 2037 – The year he will be released Read More

The Crack-Powder Disparity: It’s Time for Justice

Wednesday, March 24, 2021
In 2010, the Fair Sentencing Act reduced the crack-powder disparity in sentencing from 100:1 to 18:1. Lawmakers acknowledged that crack cocaine is no more addictive than powder and is not more likely to cause violent crime. Also true is that lengthy mandatory minimum prison terms... Read More

Retroactivity Needed Now to Right an Unfair Sentence

Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Brian Keys is ten years into a 15-year sentence for selling drugs in a school zone, his first felony. Remarkably, he now has the support of the judge who sentenced him, plus the sheriff of the county where Brian was arrested. Both of them see... Read More

Matthew Rushin’s Mom Just Won’t Quit Fighting

Thursday, October 29, 2020
“If anyone thought I was not going to voice my opinion and that I was just going to let my son become a statistic, they had the wrong mom,” says Lavern Rushin. “They had the wrong mom.” Lavern is the mother of Matthew Rushin, the... Read More