Legal Update: Replies filed in Ex Post Facto challenge

Attorneys Val Jonas and Todd Scher have filed Responses to the State’s Motion to Dismiss and the State’s Objection to Plaintiff’s request to proceed anonymously. As with all their pleadings, these are well researched and articulated. We appreciate their hard work to get these done during the holidays. The State has until January 2nd (absent extension) to file their response.

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NACDL: Call to action: First Step Act

Dear Friends, Last night the Senate passed the First Step Act, 87-12. The bill will now be considered this week in the House! While the First Step Act is far from perfect, it would provide relief to thousands of prisoners serving unjust sentences for crack cocaine and thousands more defendants sentenced every year for low-level drug offenses, firearms offenders currently subject to unjust

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