American Judges Association in the News

Rightfully convicted, wrongfully sentenced.

You may know about the “conviction integrity units” that have popped up in district attorneys’ offices around the country to ferret out wrongful convictions. Now a new Philadelphia prosecutor has proposed “sentencing review units” to tackle a different problem:  cases where the guilty have been given excessive sentences.

In collaboration with The Nation, TMP’s Eli Hager has a story:  THE MARSHALL PROJECT

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