by NCLA | Jun 18, 2019 | In the News
A recent appellate decision on the interpretation of federal sentencing guidelines could have a major impact on people with prior criminal records who are being sentenced for new crimes, some advocates say. To read the full story, click here.Written by Emma...
by NCLA | Jun 18, 2019 | In the News
(CN) – Saying he is one of 4,000 federal prisoners being confined past sentence calculations, an Illinois man brought a federal complaint to secure his immediate release.Robert Shipp filed the suit Friday in Washington with attorneys at New Civil Liberties Alliance....
by NCLA | Jun 18, 2019 | Mark Chenoweth, Opinion
Originally published in Forbes on June 18, 2019 Wide consequences will stem from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision granting qualified immunity to several Fresno, California police officers sued for theft. These consequences will prove...
by NCLA | Jun 17, 2019 | Opinion
Originally published in Bloomberg Law on June 17, 2019 Fresno, Calif., police officers may have just gotten away with grand larceny. The Ninth Circuit recently passed on the opportunity to establish—once-and-for-all—that police officers stealing private property while...
by NCLA | Jun 17, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Robert Shipp has served his time and then some, but the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Prisons (BOP) refuses to apply a statutory recalculation for “good time” credit to his sentence until July 19, 2019. The BOP has already recalculated Mr....
