The First Step Act is changing the way that federal prison systems treat prisoners. It increases opportunities for rehabilitation, shortens sentences, and enhances prisoners' rights. The law is a ...
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 01: Alice Marie Johnson, who had her sentence commuted by U.S. President Donald Trump (L) after serving 21 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, thanks the press during a ...
Robert Shipp, 46, is now a free man thanks to the "First Step Act." Robert Shipp has spent more than half his life in prison serving a mandatory minimum life sentence for a drug offense in 1993. As of ...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled today that the sentencing reductions under the First Step Act of 2018 apply to people whose pre-Act sentences are vacated and who are subject to resentencing after ...