Virginia’s Move To End Capital Punishment Has A Major Flaw March 15, 2021yesgregyes Any day now, with Governor Ralph Northam’s signature, Virginia will eliminate the death penalty. The news is cause for celebration. Since 1976, Virginia has [...]
Two Cop-Killers Freed By Illinois Parole Board After Decades In Prison February 27, 2021yesgregyes Foxx will no longer make recommendations to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on parole. Foxx called the practice a “relic” of the past [...]
‘You Have One Minute Remaining.’ Why I’ll Always Drop Everything to Answer My Brother’s Calls From Prison February 22, 2021yesgregyes A million families live this way: Sending money they can’t afford. Making court dates they don’t have time for. Driving five hours only [...]
No End In Sight: America’s Enduring Reliance On Life Imprisonment February 19, 2021yesgregyes Before America’s era of mass incarceration took hold in the early 1970s, the number of individuals in prison was less than 200,000. Today, [...]
The Nation’s Oldest Juvenile Lifer, Joe Ligon, Left Pa. Prison After 68 Years February 12, 2021February 12, 2021yesgregyes Ligon, re-sentenced to 35 years to life in 2017, rejected the very idea of parole after nearly seven decades in prison. “I like [...]
Life Without Parole For Felony Murder: Case Targets Sentencing Law February 8, 2021yesgregyes A first-of-its-kind court case in Pennsylvania is asking a big question: How long do people need to stay in prison before they get [...]