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... on recommending clemency. This article uplifts the voices of people seeking clemency to foster understanding about the benefit of clemency not only to the recipient but to their families and communities. Fixing the Support of Justice Clemency is the support of justice. Russian proverb I. Introduction Since...

... beginning ve years after sentencing or release from incarceration. A set-aside removes the record from public view and from background-check databases, eliminates any applicable state occupational restrictions, and legally entitles the recipient to represent herself as having no record in employment...

... under the old safety valve criteria. There were 1,369 (19.2%) offenders newly eligible as a result of the First Step Act s expanded criteria. Most newly eligible safety valve recipients quali ed under the Act s expanded criminal history provisions (87.9%; n¼1,204). Newly eligible safety valve...

... to the movement if the human faces of clemency were highlighted and lifted up. I reached out to my White House colleagues in late 2015 to gauge their interest in an event to honor President Obama s Clemency Initiative, while featuring direct recipients of clemency. I recommended March 31, 2016, because that date...

... under the SVORI. Additionally, because the grants require substantial matching contributions by the recipients, the SCA may also induce significant increases in reentry-related spending at the state and local level. On the other hand, when assessed against the number and needs of the 1.3 million or so...

..., at 706Ð 707 (describing current BOP procedures and noting the practicability of BOP Unit Team memberÕs Òlinger[ing]Ó a little longer to secure an inmateÕs signature). Just how requiring the end recipient to sign for a piece of mail substantially improves the reliability of the delivery procedures leading...

... from probation, both Community Corrections and Court Services stated that they do not keep statistics on the number of recipients. Nonetheless, data was collected on this provision for post-release supervision offenders. KDOC reported that only ve post-release supervision offenders have been...

... and generous person.3 The previous recipients of this award have been deep thinkers in the world of sentencing, visionaries and intellectuals recognized for their research and writing as well as their leadership of sentencing commissions. Like Rick, they tested and challenged the status quo, worked to improve...

... pardons of that type, documents that will appear only if and when their recipients are charged with federal crimes to which such pardons might apply. As I have suggested elsewhere, a secret pardon might be constitutionally valid, so long as it were issued while a president was in of ce and delivered...

... the recipient of an expunction to omit reference to the expunged matters to potential employers and others; and to protect the recipient from any charge of perjury or the giving of a false statement.10 Statutory changes enacted in 2013 strengthened these protections by prohibiting private employers...

..., then who at either OPA or the Department of Justice (DOJ) wanted to keep her in prison, and why? Despite the fact there was no new information to add to Scrivner s previous clemency petitions, she was among one of the rst clemency recipients after the administration s clemency initiative was launched...

... debates. In addition to feeling indebted to Rick, I also feel a great debt to whoever decided I should be in the company of the extraordinary prior recipients of this distinguished award. I am especially grateful that receiving this award prompted me to review the terri c speeches delivered from this spot...

... recommendations were often made on the basis of rather sketchy information,12 and presidents were evidently neither surprised nor intimidated by the fact that pardon recipients sometimes proved embarrassing.13 Pardoning was a rather informal affair, and grants often reßected the personal predilections of those...

..., access device, or number or code shall be not less than $100. iii) Diversion ofGovernment Program Benefits. In a case involving diversion of government program benefits, loss is thevalue of thebenefitsdiverted from intended recipients or uses. i) A primaryobjective of theoffensewas an aggravating, non...

...) may have no interest in commuting sentences: there are significant possible downsides to commuting sentences (appearing soft on crime; fear of future misbehavior by recipients of clemency), and few potential rewards.16 Perhaps the only president who has won praise for generous use of the clemency...

..., if not faster, those who received it took positive steps to put their lives and their families back together. Criminal justice reform advocates launched numerous campaigns demanding that Biden intervene by granting clemency to all CARES Act recipients. On September 11, 2021, Rachel received a call from her...

... recipientsforuse of controlled substances and sanction welfare recipients who test positive foruse, without theneed fora criminal convic tion. These two statutes empower state authorities to penalize welfare recipients who possess and use drugs. A second Suspension of setlaitguitbe,ilictoydfifoierddruagt2...

... pardons and commutations on Dec. 22, bringing his total while in office to 280. He promised one last round of pardons before he leaves office. Speculation about possible recipients has centered on Susan McDougal of Whitewater fame; Michael R. Milken, released from prison in 1993 after doing hard time...

... clemency recipient and criminal justice reform advocate Reginald Dwayne Betts, Esq. state prison, 8 years Poet and Author Christopher R. Poulos federal prison, 3 years Attorney & Co-chair, Civil Survival Nina Manning federal prison, 10 years President, Fedfam4life Tray Johns federal prison, 9 years...

... stands out not only for her passion and prose, but because she is a clemency recipient herself, having been released from a 24-year narcotics conspiracy sentence by President Clinton. Brittany K. Barnett s mother was incarcerated for eight years, which inspired Barnett as a lawyer to become a leading...