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  An Overview of the First Step Act Learn how the First Step Act affects BOP inmates and their families. On December 21, 2018, President Trump signed into law the First Step Act (FSA) of 2018 (P.L. 115- 391). The act was the culmination of a bi-partisan effort to improve criminal justice outcomes, as well as to reduce the size of the federal prison population while also creating mechanisms to maintain public safety. This page provides a general overview of how the law affects BOP inmates and their families. For an expanded and detailed overview, please refer to the following document:  https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45558 What did the First Step Act do? The First Step Act of 2018 provides eligible inmates the opportunity to earn 10 to 15 days of time credits for every 30 days of successful participation in Evidence Based Recidivism Reduction Programs and Productive Activities.Jan 13, 2022 First Step Act United States federal legislation Description The First St...

Judge blocks DOJ's unchecked review of records seized in Mar-a-Lago raid NEWS JOSEPH MACKINNON September 16, 2022 https://www.theblaze.com/news/judge-blocks-doj-review-records-maralago?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220916Trending-DeSantis&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News

  House Republicans – As China, Russia and Iran push to extend their influence over Latin America and the Caribbean, the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is more critical to America’s national security than ever.  The patriotic American citizens of Puerto Rico have voted for statehood, but leftwing radicals want to weaken America and steal our future by keeping the island a territory or pushing for its independence against the will of the majority of voters. Don't let them!

  Disturbing footage shows the moment a hair dryer exploded, sparking an out-of-control barbershop fire that claimed the lives of two men. https://trib.al/Grr1Dct?fbclid=IwAR0fngXxZpgVUfZsw9D85c1DTz5yeZw-JGO8aMRhRqTW-zVDL7nIHhf9mvw

  The SAFE-T Act states that  a person will only be detained “when it is determined that the defendant poses a specific, real and present threat to a person, or has a high likelihood of willful flight." https://youtu.be/Ysn3_4kufEs The 2021 Illinois Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act enacts extensive reform impacting many areas of the criminal justice system, including pre-arrest diversion, policing, pretrial, sentencing, and corrections. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is tasked with implementing several of the Act’s provisions. These areas of the Act include policing, pretrial, and deaths in custody, as well as leading and serving on task forces. This article highlights areas of the Act, details ICJIA’s roles in legislation, and shares ICJIA research related to the Act’s provisions.

On September 8, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted an emergency stay in this matter. NYCF thanks Justice Sotomayor for this stay and hopes that ultimately the full Supreme Court will take this case and find in favor of Yeshiva University. The First Amendment guarantees the University the freedom of association. That freedom allows the University to decline to recognize a student group whose activities would violate its sincerely-held religious tenets. https://www.albanyupdate.com/sotomayor-issues-emergency-stay-in-yeshivas-religious-liberty-suit/?fbclid=IwAR1MD1714zC7QOikuA4sp86GpZSa4eSDdsYIPPle90zMFDafatzqS7rUGAU&mibextid=YSzJz1

 

  PRO-LIFE BATTLE FOR LIFE    https://youtu.be/lkSyz-m4gLY

 *****WANTED FOR RAPE***** https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/stranger-rapes-st-louis-tourist-in-nyc-subway-subway-station-cops/ The woman was inside the station at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue around 3 a.m. Sept. 1 when the perv walked up and said he’d show her around, cops said.  He rode with her on the train to multiple stations before stopping at a final, unknown location, where he took her to the end of the platform near the tunnel and raped her, authorities said

 

  AMERICAN NEWS  Sep 6, 2022 11:38 PM EST BREAKING: Steve Bannon responds after New York State indictment: ‘They are coming after all of us’ Steve Bannon was indicted again late Tuesday night and is expected to surrender himself to prosecutors in the state of New York on Thursday. Steve Bannon  was indicted again late Tuesday night and is expected to surrender himself to prosecutors in the state of New York on Thursday. "They are coming after all of us," Bannon said in a statement, "not only President Trump and myself. I am never going to stop fighting. In fact, I have not yet begun to fight. They will have to kill me first." In response to that indictment, Bannon issued a statement that speaks of recent  swatting attempts  against him, and accuses the "Soros-backed DA" of pursuing phony charges. Bannon called out the new indictment in light of the upcoming midterm elections, where Democrats and Republicans are vying for power of Congress. He stated that i...

  FIRST ON FOX: A federal judge revealed Monday that former President Trump’s medical records and documents related to his accounting information and taxes were seized during the FBI’s raid of his Mar-a-Lago home. U.S. District Judge from the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen M. Cannon ordered Monday that an independent special master be appointed to review Trump’s records for attorney-client and executive privilege. The judge also ordered the Justice Department stop its own review of the material for investigative purposes. 

  Chief Judge Glenn Suddaby’s ruling on restrictions on 2nd amendment rights denied by NYS also gave merit to several key arguments, determining they “would tip the scales in favor of granting plaintiff’s motion, if they had standing.” These are the major legal fallacies associated with the new law, according to Suddaby: https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2022.08.31_order_on_pi_motion_0.pdf https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2022.08.31_order_on_pi_motion_0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1arAwFL8cG9CNrsCUIoXczgvr34eWy8Ljn7nogIcqMwl6b_ZfB6MInHiU

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