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"State lawmakers field bills to empower judges to rethink long sentences," by Katie Mulvaney, Providence Journal, April 10, 2024
"Supreme Court’s Answer to a Simple Question Has Devastating Consequences," by Shanna Rifkin, Medium, March 19, 2024
"Study Shines Light On Excessive NY Prison Sentences," by Marco Poggio, Law360, April 05, 2024
"Virginia lawmakers defeat ‘second look’ bill to allow inmates to ask court for reduced sentences," by Denise Lavoie, Associated Press, February 28, 2024
"Opinion: I was sentenced to life without parole at age 18. I’m proof that redemption is possible.," by Felix Rosado, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 14, 2024
"Thousands of federal inmates become eligible for sentence reductions," by Nate Raymond, Reuters, February 01, 2024
"What happens now that Massachusetts has banned life without parole for emerging adults?," by Meredith Nierman, WGBH, January 17, 2024
"'Second Look' bill to get a third look by Virginia legislature," by Charlotte Rene Woods, Richmond Times-Dispatch, January 16, 2024
"Massachusetts SJC rules life without parole unconstitutional for offenders under 21," by Brittany Johnson and Phil Tenser, WCVB5 Boston, January 11, 2024
"Sentencing Commission Again Proposes Restricting Judges' Use of Acquitted Conduct," by C.J. Ciaramella, Reason, December 20, 2023
"New York City Moves to Ban Solitary Confinement, Defying Mayor Adams," by Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, December 18, 2023
"Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away," by Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, December 11, 2023
"Supreme cruelty: SCOTUS refuses to limit the tortures of solitary confinement ," by Austin Sarat, The Hill, December 01, 2023
"Justices To Decide Jury's Role In Career Criminal Sentences," by Katie Buehler, Law360, November 20, 2023
