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After reading this article, and many others,they are not releasing
everybody. This is for drug addicts, and crack cocaine users; the government
arrested too many coke dealers, and now they are trying to make up for it.
everybody. This is for drug addicts, and crack cocaine users; the government
arrested too many coke dealers, and now they are trying to make up for it.
Article: By Sari Horwitz
January 30 , EARLY RELEASE:
January 30 , EARLY RELEASE:
The Obama administration,
stepping up its efforts to overhaul the criminal justice system, called
Thursday for the early release of more low-level, nonviolent drug offenders
from federal prisons.
stepping up its efforts to overhaul the criminal justice system, called
Thursday for the early release of more low-level, nonviolent drug offenders
from federal prisons.
Deputy Attorney General James
M. Cole, speaking to the New York State Bar Association’s Criminal Justice
Section, said the administration wants to free inmates who no longer pose a
threat to public safety and whose long-term incarceration “harms our criminal
justice system.” He appealed to defense lawyers to identify candidates for
clemency.
M. Cole, speaking to the New York State Bar Association’s Criminal Justice
Section, said the administration wants to free inmates who no longer pose a
threat to public safety and whose long-term incarceration “harms our criminal
justice system.” He appealed to defense lawyers to identify candidates for
clemency.
“You each can play a critical
role in this process by providing a qualified petitioner — one who has a clean
record in prison, does not present a threat to public safety, and who is facing
a life or near-life sentence that is excessive under current law — with the
opportunity to get a fresh start,” Cole told the lawyers.
role in this process by providing a qualified petitioner — one who has a clean
record in prison, does not present a threat to public safety, and who is facing
a life or near-life sentence that is excessive under current law — with the
opportunity to get a fresh start,” Cole told the lawyers.
His remarks were part of a
broader prison reform effort by the Justice Department. In August, Attorney
General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that low-level drug offenders with no
connection to gangs or large-scale drug organizations would no longer be
charged with offenses that called for severe mandatory sentences. President
Obama later commuted the sentences of eight inmates serving a long time for crack
cocaine convictions.
broader prison reform effort by the Justice Department. In August, Attorney
General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that low-level drug offenders with no
connection to gangs or large-scale drug organizations would no longer be
charged with offenses that called for severe mandatory sentences. President
Obama later commuted the sentences of eight inmates serving a long time for crack
cocaine convictions.
Each of them had served at
least 15 years and had been convicted before the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act,
which sought to reduce the sentencing disparity between those convicted of
crack and powder cocaine crimes.
least 15 years and had been convicted before the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act,
which sought to reduce the sentencing disparity between those convicted of
crack and powder cocaine crimes.
“The president’s grant of
commutations for these eight individuals is only a first step,” Cole said
Thursday. “There are more low-level, nonviolent drug offenders who remain in
prison, and who would likely have received a substantially lower sentence if
convicted of precisely the same offenses today.”
commutations for these eight individuals is only a first step,” Cole said
Thursday. “There are more low-level, nonviolent drug offenders who remain in
prison, and who would likely have received a substantially lower sentence if
convicted of precisely the same offenses today.”
It’s unclear how many inmates
could qualify for clemency, but thousands of federal inmates are serving time
for crack cocaine offenses.
could qualify for clemency, but thousands of federal inmates are serving time
for crack cocaine offenses.
Civil liberties groups,
including the American Civil Liberties Union, applauded Cole’s announcement.
including the American Civil Liberties Union, applauded Cole’s announcement.
“The Obama administration is
taking an important step toward undoing the damage that extreme sentencing has
done to so many in our criminal justice system,” said Laura W. Murphy, director
of the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office.
taking an important step toward undoing the damage that extreme sentencing has
done to so many in our criminal justice system,” said Laura W. Murphy, director
of the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office.
In other action Thursday on
criminal justice reform, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance a
bill, sponsored by Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), that
would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for federal drug offenders by half and
allow 8,800 federal inmates imprisoned for crack cocaine crimes to return to
court to seek punishments in line with the Fair Sentencing Act.
criminal justice reform, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance a
bill, sponsored by Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), that
would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for federal drug offenders by half and
allow 8,800 federal inmates imprisoned for crack cocaine crimes to return to
court to seek punishments in line with the Fair Sentencing Act.
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
(Iowa), the ranking Republican on the panel, called the legislation “a step backward.”
In a statement, he cited a letter sent to Holder from the National Association
of Assistant United States Attorneys that said “the merits of mandatory minimum
sentences are abundantly clear.”
(Iowa), the ranking Republican on the panel, called the legislation “a step backward.”
In a statement, he cited a letter sent to Holder from the National Association
of Assistant United States Attorneys that said “the merits of mandatory minimum
sentences are abundantly clear.”
“They provide us leverage to
secure cooperation from defendants. . . . They protect law-abiding citizens and
help to hold crime in check,” the group said.
secure cooperation from defendants. . . . They protect law-abiding citizens and
help to hold crime in check,” the group said.
Julie Stewart, president of
Families Against Mandatory Minimums, called the bill “bipartisan and
reasonable” and said it would “save taxpayers billions of dollars by locking up
fewer nonviolent drug offenders for shorter periods of time.”
Families Against Mandatory Minimums, called the bill “bipartisan and
reasonable” and said it would “save taxpayers billions of dollars by locking up
fewer nonviolent drug offenders for shorter periods of time.”
Holder, testifying before the
Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, said federal prison costs represent
one-third of the Justice Department budget. He called the enormous costs of
overburdened prisons “a growing and potentially very dangerous problem.”
Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, said federal prison costs represent
one-third of the Justice Department budget. He called the enormous costs of
overburdened prisons “a growing and potentially very dangerous problem.”
The cost of incarceration in
the United States was $80 billion in 2010. The U.S. population has grown by
about a third since 1980, but the federal prison population has increased by
about 800 percent and federal prisons are operating at nearly 40 percent over
capacity, Justice officials said.
the United States was $80 billion in 2010. The U.S. population has grown by
about a third since 1980, but the federal prison population has increased by
about 800 percent and federal prisons are operating at nearly 40 percent over
capacity, Justice officials said.
Sari Horwitz covers the
Justice Department, after 30 years at the paper where she has been an
investigative reporter and covered federal law enforcement, crime, education
and social services.
Justice Department, after 30 years at the paper where she has been an
investigative reporter and covered federal law enforcement, crime, education
and social services.
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B. Article 2
RCW 9.94A.729Earned release time — Risk assessments. |
(1)(a) The term of the sentence of an offender committed to a correctional facility operated by the department may be reduced by earned release time in accordance with procedures that shall be developed and adopted by the correctional agency having jurisdiction in which the offender is confined. The earned release time shall be for good behavior and good performance, as determined by the correctional agency having jurisdiction. The correctional agency shall not credit the offender with earned release credits in advance of the offender actually earning the credits.
(b) Any program established pursuant to this section shall allow an offender to earn early release credits for presentence incarceration. If an offender is transferred from a county jail to the department, the administrator of a county jail facility shall certify to the department the amount of time spent in custody at the facility and the number of days of early release credits lost or not earned. The department may approve a jail certification from a correctional agency that calculates early release time based on the actual amount of confinement time served by the offender before sentencing when an erroneous calculation of confinement time served by the offender before sentencing appears on the judgment and sentence. The department must adjust an offender's rate of early release listed on the jail certification to be consistent with the rate applicable to offenders in the department's facilities. However, the department is not authorized to adjust the number of presentence early release days that the jail has certified as lost or not earned.
(2) An offender who has been convicted of a felony committed after July 23, 1995, that involves any applicable deadly weapon enhancements under RCW9.94A.533 (3) or (4), or both, shall not receive any good time credits or earned release time for that portion of his or her sentence that results from any deadly weapon enhancements.
(3) An offender may earn early release time as follows:
(a) In the case of an offender sentenced pursuant to RCW 10.95.030(3) or 10.95.035, the aggregate earned release time may not exceed ten percent of the sentence.
(b) In the case of an offender convicted of a serious violent offense, or a sex offense that is a class A felony, committed on or after July 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, the aggregate earned release time may not exceed fifteen percent of the sentence.
(c) In the case of an offender convicted of a serious violent offense, or a sex offense that is a class A felony, committed on or after July 1, 2003, the aggregate earned release time may not exceed ten percent of the sentence.
(d) An offender is qualified to earn up to fifty percent of aggregate earned release time if he or she:
(i) Is not classified as an offender who is at a high risk to reoffend as provided in subsection (4) of this section;
(ii) Is not confined pursuant to a sentence for:
(A) A sex offense;
(B) A violent offense;
(C) A crime against persons as defined in RCW 9.94A.411;
(D) A felony that is domestic violence as defined in RCW 10.99.020;
(E) A violation of RCW 9A.52.025 (residential burglary);
(F) A violation of, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to violate, RCW 69.50.401 by manufacture or delivery or possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine; or
(G) A violation of, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to violate, RCW 69.50.406 (delivery of a controlled substance to a minor);
(iii) Has no prior conviction for the offenses listed in (d)(ii) of this subsection;
(iv) Participates in programming or activities as directed by the offender's individual reentry plan as provided under RCW 72.09.270 to the extent that such programming or activities are made available by the department; and
(v) Has not committed a new felony after July 22, 2007, while under community custody.
(e) In no other case shall the aggregate earned release time exceed one-third of the total sentence.
(4) The department shall perform a risk assessment of each offender who may qualify for earned early release under subsection (3)(d) of this section utilizing the risk assessment tool recommended by the Washington state institute for public policy. Subsection (3)(d) of this section does not apply to offenders convicted after July 1, 2010.
(5)(a) A person who is eligible for earned early release as provided in this section and who will be supervised by the department pursuant to RCW9.94A.501 or 9.94A.5011, shall be transferred to community custody in lieu of earned release time;
(b) The department shall, as a part of its program for release to the community in lieu of earned release, require the offender to propose a release plan that includes an approved residence and living arrangement. All offenders with community custody terms eligible for release to community custody in lieu of earned release shall provide an approved residence and living arrangement prior to release to the community;
(c) The department may deny transfer to community custody in lieu of earned release time if the department determines an offender's release plan, including proposed residence location and living arrangements, may violate the conditions of the sentence or conditions of supervision, place the offender at risk to violate the conditions of the sentence, place the offender at risk to reoffend, or present a risk to victim safety or community safety. The department's authority under this section is independent of any court-ordered condition of sentence or statutory provision regarding conditions for community custody;
(d) If the department is unable to approve the offender's release plan, the department may do one or more of the following:
(i) Transfer an offender to partial confinement in lieu of earned early release for a period not to exceed three months. The three months in partial confinement is in addition to that portion of the offender's term of confinement that may be served in partial confinement as provided in RCW 9.94A.728(5);
(ii) Provide rental vouchers to the offender for a period not to exceed three months if rental assistance will result in an approved release plan.
A voucher must be provided in conjunction with additional transition support programming or services that enable an offender to participate in services including, but not limited to, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, sex offender treatment, educational programming, or employment programming;
(e) The department shall maintain a list of housing providers that meets the requirements of RCW 72.09.285. If more than two voucher recipients will be residing per dwelling unit, as defined in RCW 59.18.030, rental vouchers for those recipients may only be paid to a housing provider on the department's list;
(f) For each offender who is the recipient of a rental voucher, the department shall gather data as recommended by the Washington state institute for public policy in order to best demonstrate whether rental vouchers are effective in reducing recidivism.
(6) An offender serving a term of confinement imposed under RCW 9.94A.670(5)(a) is not eligible for earned release credits under this section.
(b) Any program established pursuant to this section shall allow an offender to earn early release credits for presentence incarceration. If an offender is transferred from a county jail to the department, the administrator of a county jail facility shall certify to the department the amount of time spent in custody at the facility and the number of days of early release credits lost or not earned. The department may approve a jail certification from a correctional agency that calculates early release time based on the actual amount of confinement time served by the offender before sentencing when an erroneous calculation of confinement time served by the offender before sentencing appears on the judgment and sentence. The department must adjust an offender's rate of early release listed on the jail certification to be consistent with the rate applicable to offenders in the department's facilities. However, the department is not authorized to adjust the number of presentence early release days that the jail has certified as lost or not earned.
(2) An offender who has been convicted of a felony committed after July 23, 1995, that involves any applicable deadly weapon enhancements under RCW9.94A.533 (3) or (4), or both, shall not receive any good time credits or earned release time for that portion of his or her sentence that results from any deadly weapon enhancements.
(3) An offender may earn early release time as follows:
(a) In the case of an offender sentenced pursuant to RCW 10.95.030(3) or 10.95.035, the aggregate earned release time may not exceed ten percent of the sentence.
(b) In the case of an offender convicted of a serious violent offense, or a sex offense that is a class A felony, committed on or after July 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, the aggregate earned release time may not exceed fifteen percent of the sentence.
(c) In the case of an offender convicted of a serious violent offense, or a sex offense that is a class A felony, committed on or after July 1, 2003, the aggregate earned release time may not exceed ten percent of the sentence.
(d) An offender is qualified to earn up to fifty percent of aggregate earned release time if he or she:
(i) Is not classified as an offender who is at a high risk to reoffend as provided in subsection (4) of this section;
(ii) Is not confined pursuant to a sentence for:
(A) A sex offense;
(B) A violent offense;
(C) A crime against persons as defined in RCW 9.94A.411;
(D) A felony that is domestic violence as defined in RCW 10.99.020;
(E) A violation of RCW 9A.52.025 (residential burglary);
(F) A violation of, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to violate, RCW 69.50.401 by manufacture or delivery or possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine; or
(G) A violation of, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to violate, RCW 69.50.406 (delivery of a controlled substance to a minor);
(iii) Has no prior conviction for the offenses listed in (d)(ii) of this subsection;
(iv) Participates in programming or activities as directed by the offender's individual reentry plan as provided under RCW 72.09.270 to the extent that such programming or activities are made available by the department; and
(v) Has not committed a new felony after July 22, 2007, while under community custody.
(e) In no other case shall the aggregate earned release time exceed one-third of the total sentence.
(4) The department shall perform a risk assessment of each offender who may qualify for earned early release under subsection (3)(d) of this section utilizing the risk assessment tool recommended by the Washington state institute for public policy. Subsection (3)(d) of this section does not apply to offenders convicted after July 1, 2010.
(5)(a) A person who is eligible for earned early release as provided in this section and who will be supervised by the department pursuant to RCW9.94A.501 or 9.94A.5011, shall be transferred to community custody in lieu of earned release time;
(b) The department shall, as a part of its program for release to the community in lieu of earned release, require the offender to propose a release plan that includes an approved residence and living arrangement. All offenders with community custody terms eligible for release to community custody in lieu of earned release shall provide an approved residence and living arrangement prior to release to the community;
(c) The department may deny transfer to community custody in lieu of earned release time if the department determines an offender's release plan, including proposed residence location and living arrangements, may violate the conditions of the sentence or conditions of supervision, place the offender at risk to violate the conditions of the sentence, place the offender at risk to reoffend, or present a risk to victim safety or community safety. The department's authority under this section is independent of any court-ordered condition of sentence or statutory provision regarding conditions for community custody;
(d) If the department is unable to approve the offender's release plan, the department may do one or more of the following:
(i) Transfer an offender to partial confinement in lieu of earned early release for a period not to exceed three months. The three months in partial confinement is in addition to that portion of the offender's term of confinement that may be served in partial confinement as provided in RCW 9.94A.728(5);
(ii) Provide rental vouchers to the offender for a period not to exceed three months if rental assistance will result in an approved release plan.
A voucher must be provided in conjunction with additional transition support programming or services that enable an offender to participate in services including, but not limited to, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, sex offender treatment, educational programming, or employment programming;
(e) The department shall maintain a list of housing providers that meets the requirements of RCW 72.09.285. If more than two voucher recipients will be residing per dwelling unit, as defined in RCW 59.18.030, rental vouchers for those recipients may only be paid to a housing provider on the department's list;
(f) For each offender who is the recipient of a rental voucher, the department shall gather data as recommended by the Washington state institute for public policy in order to best demonstrate whether rental vouchers are effective in reducing recidivism.
(6) An offender serving a term of confinement imposed under RCW 9.94A.670(5)(a) is not eligible for earned release credits under this section.
[2014 c 130 § 4. Prior: 2013 2nd sp.s. c 14 § 2; 2013 c 266 § 1; 2011 1st sp.s. c 40 § 4; 2010 c 224 § 7; 2009 c 455 § 3.]
Notes:
| Application -- Effective date -- 2014 c 130: See notes following RCW 9.94A.510. Application -- Recalculation of earned release date -- Compilation of sentencing information -- Report -- Effective date -- 2013 2nd sp.s. c 14:See notes following RCW 9.94A.517. Application -- Recalculation of community custody terms -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 40: See note following RCW 9.94A.501. Effective date -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 40 §§ 1-9, 42: See note following RCW 9.94A.501. Effective date -- 2009 c 455 § 3: "Section 3 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 11, 2009]." [2009 c 455 § 7.] |
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mbshus
1/31/2014 2:32 PM PST
My view is a bit unorthodox because instead of taking the less violent criminals out of prison to release
them into society with a slap on the wrist, so they can repeat the crime
without consequence, I suggest we do the opposite. Release the overcrowded prisons
by killing off the incarcerated who shouldn't be there in the first place. The
ones with free room and board with multiple life sentences promise empty rooms
when they are "vacated." On top of that, "repeat customers"
would be less likely to come back for a second time around on offenses
noteworthy enough to give the perpetrator to believe they might not make it out
if they reoffend.
them into society with a slap on the wrist, so they can repeat the crime
without consequence, I suggest we do the opposite. Release the overcrowded prisons
by killing off the incarcerated who shouldn't be there in the first place. The
ones with free room and board with multiple life sentences promise empty rooms
when they are "vacated." On top of that, "repeat customers"
would be less likely to come back for a second time around on offenses
noteworthy enough to give the perpetrator to believe they might not make it out
if they reoffend.
Grow some Obama and take the
pants off of your wife for crying out loud.
pants off of your wife for crying out loud.
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bluntnose
1/31/2014 1:11 PM PST
Long past due. Since the
passage of the Sentencing Guidelines Act in about 1988, federal sentencing law
has been draconian. Seeking to remove discretion from the trial judge who sat
through the trial, the "fix" was to mandate harsh sentences on
everyone. Hardly a better answer than being too light on everyone. Any
sentencing regime which does not allow a certain amount of experimentation by
sentencing judges, to see what will protect society from real dangers and allow
for rehabilitation where possible, is inherently unjust, and, oh by the way,
will wind up costing the U.S. taxpayer waaaay more than we're willing to pay
out.
passage of the Sentencing Guidelines Act in about 1988, federal sentencing law
has been draconian. Seeking to remove discretion from the trial judge who sat
through the trial, the "fix" was to mandate harsh sentences on
everyone. Hardly a better answer than being too light on everyone. Any
sentencing regime which does not allow a certain amount of experimentation by
sentencing judges, to see what will protect society from real dangers and allow
for rehabilitation where possible, is inherently unjust, and, oh by the way,
will wind up costing the U.S. taxpayer waaaay more than we're willing to pay
out.
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hmr
1/31/2014 10:19 AM PST
Corrupt, terrorists, killers,
thieves, tax thieves and other criminals are cash vouchers. If you visit
courts, majority of disputes are money disputes one way or another. If you turn
criminals into free cash vouchers for everyone to grab at, they wont be able to
mix up in the society any more. Media can fantasize to how to grab free cash
vouchers in more technical details with play safe advice to educate people. A
thirsty and a not-thirsty, both watch water but with different angle. A
criminal and a citizen both watch money very differently. They jump on it in
their own styles. They can’t be same. They can’t learn same. Let’s make
criminals rabbits …people chasing them like eagles. Dogs are good at smell and
humans are good at education and smell is just a small part of big canvas of
education. Educate people to chase free cash vouchers to make societies more
strong. Criminals do crimes to make money illegally, why not reverse the game?
Why not turn criminals into a legal revenue generator for people? Does it look
difficult and complicated? It is more than simple and easy than expansive
breakfast on mars but more fruitful and healthy and scientifically more
creative and a big business.
thieves, tax thieves and other criminals are cash vouchers. If you visit
courts, majority of disputes are money disputes one way or another. If you turn
criminals into free cash vouchers for everyone to grab at, they wont be able to
mix up in the society any more. Media can fantasize to how to grab free cash
vouchers in more technical details with play safe advice to educate people. A
thirsty and a not-thirsty, both watch water but with different angle. A
criminal and a citizen both watch money very differently. They jump on it in
their own styles. They can’t be same. They can’t learn same. Let’s make
criminals rabbits …people chasing them like eagles. Dogs are good at smell and
humans are good at education and smell is just a small part of big canvas of
education. Educate people to chase free cash vouchers to make societies more
strong. Criminals do crimes to make money illegally, why not reverse the game?
Why not turn criminals into a legal revenue generator for people? Does it look
difficult and complicated? It is more than simple and easy than expansive
breakfast on mars but more fruitful and healthy and scientifically more
creative and a big business.
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HeatherForever
1/31/2014 3:51 AM PST
Please free Timothy Tyler. He
pled guilty (like 95% of federal inmates) to selling a few grams of LSD after
being pestered by an informant. He thought that by pleading guilty he would
keep them from sending his father to prison, but they gave his father ten years
and Tim got life. His father died in prison, less than a year before he was to
be released. This was more than 20 years ago.
pled guilty (like 95% of federal inmates) to selling a few grams of LSD after
being pestered by an informant. He thought that by pleading guilty he would
keep them from sending his father to prison, but they gave his father ten years
and Tim got life. His father died in prison, less than a year before he was to
be released. This was more than 20 years ago.
He was never a member of a
gang, violent, nor had he been in prison before. He was just a hippy kid who
tried to do a favor for a "friend"
gang, violent, nor had he been in prison before. He was just a hippy kid who
tried to do a favor for a "friend"
Go to FreeTimTyler.com It is
time for him to go home to his sister.
time for him to go home to his sister.
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