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Months before the U.S. Senate pushed through new legislation this week that steers the federal prison system in a slightly gentler direction, liberals and conservatives debated whether the First Step ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Disgraced Kansas City pharmacist Robert Courtney is being released after serving only 22 years of his 30-year sentence. Courtney admitted to diluting 72 medications for over ...

Joel Francisco was 14 years into a life sentence for selling crack cocaine when he got his second chance. A landmark piece of criminal justice reform legislation, passed with the support of President ...

This holiday season marks Tanesha Bannister’s first Christmas with her family in 16 years. In 2004, Bannister received a life sentence for conspiring to sell 50 grams of crack and five kilograms of ...

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