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Recent amendments to Senate Bill 234 have been filed, including  the following language, presumably in response to the Ex Post Facto Plus lawsuit, which argued that the definition of “Day” was vague. In calculating days for “permanent residence,” the first day a person abides, lodges, or resides at a place is excluded. Each day following the first day is counted.

Florida State Senator Jeff Brandes introduced an amendment this past week that would reduce the eventual $15 minimum wage rate for ex-felons and workers under 21. If passed, it would reduce the minimum wage rate for prisoners in the state correctional system, employees convicted of a felony, employees younger than 21, and “hard-to-hire” employees. If Florida lawmakers approve the amendment,

What the Sentencing Commission was supposed to do: promote “sound sentencing practices” The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 envisioned a Commission overseeing a “research and development program” for implementing “sound sentencing practices,” with the USSC systematically collecting and disseminating research concerning sentencing practices and their effectiveness, including “information concerning sentences actually imposed, and the relationship of such sentences to the

The new administration has been clear that they oppose the use of private prisons. We do to. Any industry that profits on the incarceration and lobbies for longer prison sentences and harsher penalties as a basis for increasing profitability, is sick. Within one week of taking office, President Biden has signed an Executive Order to “Reform the Incarceration System”, which

That’s it. The Florida Supreme Court has just ruled in favor of Derek Logue and against Senator Lauren Book, declining to hear the case and stating that no motions for rehearing will be entertained. Today was a great day for the First Amendment and an individual’s right to peacefully petition and protest against politicians. Lauren Book and Derek Logue are

The following are excerpts from a letter to Senior Counsel Office of Legal Policy of the U.S. Department of Justice in response to the request for comments on the proposed amendments to the Adam Walsh Act. Out of respect to the Author, we won’t disclose his identity.   As senior counsel on this project I wanted to be sure you