To the editor: New legislation is needed to void California's so-called compassionate release law that went into effect in 2023. ("Her mother's killer was freed because of cancer. She wants to change ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday, Nov. 12, in two back-to-back cases posing basic questions about the breadth of the compassionate-release statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), ...

Female prisoners at the federal Carswell facility in Fort Worth have tried to get released on compassionate grounds due to age and health problems, but judges don't grant many motions. Bureau of ...