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State’s slashing of early release options violated ex post facto law prohibition
Prohibitions against ex post facto laws are supposed to protect defendants from changes in the laws that increase punishment after a crime has been committed or sentencing has occurred, according to pro se defendant Aman D. Singh.
Compassionate release review buoys old US inmates
At age 88, John Rigas could be a poster child for inmates who might seek early release from prison because of the hazards of advanced aging.
Walker signs bill doing away with early release (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that ends an early prison release program put in place by Democrats two years ago. Walker signed the bill Tuesday at the Wisconsin State Patrol’s Eau Claire office. Repealing the program passed the Republican-controlled Legislature earlier this year with bipartisan support. Former Democratic […]
Lawmakers debate end to early prison release
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State lawmakers are debating a Republican bill to end former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle’s early prison release program. The Assembly is considering the measure. The Senate passed it last month. Doyle introduced early release in his last state budget. The program allows well-behaved inmates to move onto extended supervision sooner as […]
Budget panel repeals early release program
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget committee has repealed an early release prison program Democrats initiated two years ago. The program allows well-behaved inmates to move onto extended supervision sooner as a means of alleviating prison crowding and to save money. About 500 inmates have been released through the program between October 2009 and […]
Legislature moves to end early release
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled state Legislature has moved closer to repealing an early release program for prison inmates approved by Democrats. The Assembly gave preliminary approval Tuesday to doing away with the program. Assembly Democrats used a procedural move to block final passage. The bill passed the Senate last week. Gov. Scott Walker […]
Senate approves early release repeal (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has approved a Republican measure that would all but end a program that grants criminals early release from prison. Democrats created statutes two years ago that allowed well-behaved prisoners to move onto extended supervision sooner as a means of alleviating prison crowding. About 500 inmates have been released […]
GOP pushes repeal of early release program
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Republican legislative leaders say a bill that would repeal early release for criminal offenders could move to the Assembly floor by mid-May. The program allows some non-violent criminals to be released from prison earlier in their sentence for good behavior. Since April 2009, 545 inmates have been released as part […]
Fragmented sentence: Attorneys debate early release laws
A state budget provision that would alter and eliminate early release options for inmates could prompt criminal defense attorneys to take more cases to trial. Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011-13 state budget proposal strengthens the truth-in-sentencing laws passed more than a decade ago in Wisconsin by modifying or removing early release for many inmates. Specifically, Walker […]
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