#first step act

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Trump claims he's done more for Black People than Lincoln

Reposted from Dark Skies on the Horizon. During his speech before the NRA, Trump told some whoppers. For one thing, he suggested that Presid

Frank Vyan Walton at Daily Kos:

Also, Trump said some crazy shit about “doing more for Black people than Lincoln.”

After "Morning Joe" co-host Mike Brezinski reported the former president told the crowd at the NRA convention in Dallas, “And honestly, there’s been no president since Abraham Lincoln and perhaps in a certain way, including Abraham Lincoln, but there’s been no president since Abraham Lincoln that has done more for the Black individual in this country than President Donald J. Trump,” before adding, "There’s been nobody. Not even close.”

So that’s a thing.

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Donald Trump’s claim that he’s done more for Black people than other Presidents is laughably inane.

[npr]

One of the first prisoners to be released under a new criminal justice reform law is Matthew Charles, a Tennessee man who made national headlines last year after he was resentenced and ordered back to prison two years after his release. A number of public figures, including celebrities and politicians from both political parties, have advocated for his freedom.

Charles was serving an additional decade behind bars, but Thursday morning his sentence was unexpectedly reduced to time served. He could be released within 24 hours.

Charles' legal team had exhausted all legal avenues for release, and a petition for presidential clemency has been pending with the White House since last summer.

But the First Step Act, signed into law by President Trump last month, opened another avenue, in part by reducing sentencing guidelines for crack offenses and making those changes retroactive. After the bill passed, Charles' federal public defender filed a motion, claiming if he were to be sentenced now, he would fall under a lesser guideline.

On Wednesday, the U.S. attorney's office filed a response saying it would neither fight the request nor appeal if his sentence was reduced. On Thursday morning, federal Judge Aleta Trauger agreed with Charles' attorneys and asked for his immediate release from a Kentucky prison.

Released From Prison Again, After Criminal Justice Reform Became Law

Photo: Julieta Martinelli/Nashville Public Radio Caption: Matthew Charles was sent back to prison two years after being released. Now he is being released again after the criminal justice reform bill became law.

[liberalsarecool]

How is Criminal Justice Reform a victory for Trump? The bill is a major pivot from Trump's 'law and order' racist rhetoric.

"The Republican-led House approved the First Step Act on a 358-36, reflecting a major pivot by the GOP from a punitive, law-and-order stance of the 1980s to policies that emphasize rehabilitation and aim to save money."

I'm glad this is happening, but headlines claiming this a victory for Trump are complete bullshit.

[nappynewz]

Report finds that incarcerated Black men are biggest beneficiaries of ‘First Step’ act

Report finds that incarcerated Black men are biggest beneficiaries of ‘First Step’ act

Federal report confirms more than 90% of inmates already freed by ‘First Step Act’ are African American men, many of whom have been affected by sentencing disparities.

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[nbcnightlynews]

"I've just been praying and hoping that this day would come. And it has come. And it's a remarkable feeling."

Matthew Charles, who was released from prison and sent back again, is beginning his life again as a free man.

In an exclusive interview, he tells Lester Holt about what it was like to learn that he’d be released from prison thanks to President Trump’s First Step Act. 

Watch the full story.

[usatodayopinion]

(Photo: Dave Martin/AP) 

Reform  'out of whack' prison sentences

FIRST STEP Act represents the most realistic chance in years to improve the nation's criminal justice system. Republicans and Democrats agree that the system needs an overhaul. Let the Senate vote.  Our view. Opposing view.

[bytesizenetwork]

Diddy’s Sentence Shortened Again: The Math Behind the Bad Boy Founder’s Early Release

Sean “Diddy” Combs has successfully lobbied for a second reduction to his initial four-year federal prison sentence, a term handed down in 2025 following a high-profile prostitution conviction. The Bad Boy Records founder, whose legal battles have dominated headlines, is utilizing a combination of federal sentencing guidelines and aggressive legal representation to accelerate his release date.…

Diddy’s Sentence Shortened Again: The Math Behind the Bad Boy Founder’s Early Release

[polliantics]

Even Undocumented Immigrants Have Rights

The fifth amendment guarantees due process to all people, including undocumented immigrants. 

Legally, undocumented immigrants are REQUIRED to have a right to a hearing before deportation. 

International treaties protect undocumented immigrants from torture. 

Even undocumented immigrants have the constitutional right to fair treatment by the government, and the government cannot act arbitrarily. 

It is a violation of the 14th amendment to deport U.S. citizens or lawful residents, yet they are doing exactly that. 

Article III & Separation of Powers makes it illegal for the trump regime to ignore court orders. 

The 8th amendment prohibits sending people at all to abusive foreign prisons. Violating this also violates the “First Step Act” including proximity-to-home laws for inmates.