(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, decided an individual on supervised release is not automatically extended when that person absconds from their release.
Troy Meza, of Salem, has been sentenced to 75 months (6 years, 3 months) in prison after pleading guilty in Polk County Circuit Court to one count of attempted sodomy in the first degree and one count of failing to register as a sex offender.
Harrisburg, Pa. — Three Republican state representatives are urging colleagues to join them in their mission to legalize the castration of convicted child sex offenders.
FREE NEWS: Free walk-in expungement clinics will continue serving residents in Hood River and The Dalles, offering help to thoseseekingto set aside eligible criminal records, according to a press release.
As the debate over housing illegal immigrants at the regional jail ebbs and flows, I have found myself wishing the conversation would broaden into treatment of inmates as a whole. Why should we, as a society, accept any human being be subjected to sub-par living conditions? No one who is locked up should be eating meat labelled “not for human consumption,” but it is happening.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is urging schools to abandon overly zealous discipline policies that civil rights advocates have long said lead to a school-to-prison pipeline that discriminates against minority students.
