The First Step Act represented one of the most significant federal prison reform efforts in decades. Passed with bipartisan support in 2018, the law was intended to reduce recidivism, expand ...

On the campaign trail, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has attacked Donald Trump’s signature prison reform bill, calling it a “jailbreak bill” and claiming it “allowed dangerous people out of prison who ...

I went to federal prison for contempt of Congress. My detractors say I acted above the law. My supporters say I’m the poster child for a weaponized justice system. I won’t relitigate that here. What ...

Carl Anthony Knight, convicted in 1999 for running a crack cocaine ring, has been granted early termination of his supervised release. Knight, 54, was originally sentenced to life in prison but was ...

Lichtenstein was sentenced in November 2024 for conspiracy to commit money laundering, linked to nearly 120,000 BTC stolen from the Bitfinex exchange. At today’s prices, that haul is worth more than ...

In his recent State of the Union address, President Trump reaffirmed that restoring law and order remains a central priority for this administration. That commitment must be measured not just by ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, the individual who admitted to orchestrating the massive 2016 breach at cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, has announced his impending early release from incarceration. In a recent ...

The man behind one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists in history is already out of prison, and he says he has Donald Trump’s signature criminal justice law to thank. Ilya Lichtenstein, convicted in ...

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