…Offenders with college degrees do not have a statistically significant advantage or disadvantage. The sentences of high school graduates were approximately 1.4 percent shorter than the sentences of individuals who…
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…authorities to reduce the sentences of deserving individuals serving excessive sentences who are at significant risk of contracting COVID-19 in prison systems across the nation?“ “In this pandemic, what do…
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…the term “resident” for inmates being held in restitution centers while working to pay off debt, although some at Flowood were there to finish traditional prison sentences. Wolfe and Liu…
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…were international college students. In each case, they disappeared before they could be prosecuted or complete their jail sentences. Some were traced back to Saudi Arabia, even after surrendering their…
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…to review the basic elements of news stories — headlines, the first sentences and accompanying images. Half the stories represented actual news coverage while the other half contained fabricated information….
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…proceed to a court hearing and recommend dispositions — the equivalent of sentences in the adult system — after adjudication. County probation departments would have known about the new sliding…
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…voice, sentences that state the fact of the matter in 8-10 seconds. We don’t like ‘maybe’ and ‘further research needed’ and ‘small sample size’ and ‘preliminary results’ and essentially NOT…
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…removal after serving their sentences. The Border Patrol had claimed that Streamline was a more effective way to curb illegal entry than simply returning migrants to the other side of…
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…who are transferred have disproportionately long sentences. On the one hand, it makes sense not to transfer someone who is going to get out in six months. But to the…
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…crimes.” “The incremental deterrent effect of increases in lengthy prison sentences is modest at best. Because recidivism rates decline markedly with age, lengthy prison sentences, unless they specifically target very…
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