Brooklyn inmate gets reduced sentence after MDC botches cancer treatment
A federal judge gave an inmate at MDC Brooklyn a reduced sentence in a firebombing after jail staff ignored his lung cancer diagnosis for months — but it’s uncertain he’ll live to serve all seven ...
Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
Israel is releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, part of a ceasefire that has paused the war but whose future is uncertain ...
Hamas releases 3 more Israeli hostages for 183 Palestinian prisoners under Gaza ceasefire
Hamas-led militants have released three gaunt, frail-looking Israeli civilian men held for the past 16 months and Israel ...
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Biden shortened sentences for drug offenders. Some were also sex traffickers.
In his last days as president, Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 federal defendants he said were convicted of “nonviolent drug offenses, who are serving disproportionately long ...
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The U.S. Has Hit The Debt Ceiling. How Long Does Congress Have To Fix It?
He's also worked at U.S. 1, Community News Service and the Middletown Transcript. David Dee Delgado / Getty Images The U.S. government hit its congressionally-set debt limit on Tuesday ...
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Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native American activist imprisoned for almost 50 years
Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president Monday, commuted the life sentence of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine ...
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Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s sentence Monday following decades of community-led advocacy calling his imprisonment an example of the U.S. government’s mistreatment of Native Americans.
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Trump defends pardoning U.S. Capitol rioters, calls their sentences 'ridiculous and excessive'
Two major law enforcement groups issued a joint statement saying they were 'deeply discouraged' by the pardons and the full sentences should ... could be a place in U.S. politics for the Proud ...
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Biden commutes life sentence for South Dakota Native American activist Leonard Peltier
While the pardon has been hailed by many as a long ... U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., issued the following statement after President Biden announced a commutation of Leonard Peltier’s sentence ...
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Rapper A$AP Rocky declines plea deal at trial on charges he fired gun at former friend
Los Angeles County prosecutors would also recommend a seven-year suspended sentence, three years of ... and is keeping strict limits on how long attorneys can question prospective jurors.
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Biden commutes sentence for Leonard Peltier, Indigenous activist convicted in 1975 killing of FBI agents
With just moments left before he leaves office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of indigenous ... Sharp, a former chief judge of the federal U.S. District Court for the Middle ...