Drug reform achieved some major milestones in 2020 including reining in civil asset forfeiture and freeing thousands of inmates under the First Step Act. As the clock ticks down toward 2020, it’s worth taking a ...
“When they passed the First Step Act, sentences like Sonny’s are the wrong they were trying to right. He had never done a day in prison and then got a mandatory life sentence as a ...
“Many people now recognize that once you’ve done your time, once you’ve served your penalty, we ought to give you an opportunity to re-establish your life like everybody else as a matter of fairness.” In ...