Moshe Katsav is an Israeli former politician who was the eighth President of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its cabinet. He was the second Mizrahi Jew to be elected to presidency,after Yitzhak Navon.
Prison Fellowship is the world's largest Christian nonprofit organization for prisoners,former prisoners,and their families,and a leading advocate for justice reform.
The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation is one of the largest Hispanic and Latino street and prison gangs worldwide. The gang was founded by Puerto Ricans in Chicago,Illinois in 1954.
Bill Clinton was criticized for some of his presidential pardons and acts of executive clemency. Pardoning or commuting sentences is a power granted by the Constitution to sitting U.S. presidents. Scholars describe two different models of the pardons process. In the 'agency model' of pardons the process is driven by nonpolitical legal experts in the Department of Justice. In contrast,Clinton followed the 'presidential model',viewing the pardon power as a convenient resource that could be used to advance specific policy goals.
Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons,improve the effectiveness of a penal system,or implement alternatives to incarceration. It also focuses on ensuring the reinstatement of those whose lives are impacted by crimes.
Prison rape commonly refers to the rape of inmates in prison by other inmates or prison staff. In 2001,Human Rights Watch estimated that at least 4.3 million inmates had been raped while incarcerated in the United States. A United States Department of Justice report,Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates,states that "In 2011–12,an estimated 4.0% of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2% of jail inmates reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission to the facility,if less than 12 months." However,advocates dispute the accuracy of the numbers,saying they seem to under-report the real numbers of sexual assaults in prison,especially among juveniles.
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) is the first United States federal law intended to deter the sexual assault of prisoners. The bill was signed into law on September 4,2003.
Anthony Pellicano a high-profile Los Angeles private investigator and convicted criminal known as a Hollywood fixer. He served a term of thirty months in a federal prison for illegal possession of explosives,firearms,and a grenade. In 2008,he began serving an additional sentence for subsequent convictions for other crimes,including racketeering and wiretapping. Several other people were also convicted of crimes associated with their involvement with his illegal activities,including his actress girlfriend Sandra Will Carradine,film director John McTiernan,Beverly Hills police officer Craig Stevens,Los Angeles police sergeant Mark Arneson,and attorney Terry Christensen.
Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Cases of wrongful execution are cited as an argument by opponents of capital punishment,while proponents say that the argument of innocence concerns the credibility of the justice system as a whole and does not solely undermine the use of the death penalty.
The Parole Board of Canada is the Canadian government agency that is responsible for reviewing and issuing parole and criminal pardons in Canada. It operates under the auspices of Public Safety Canada.
The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) was a U.S. bipartisan panel established by the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act. The commission was charged with studying sexual assaults in U.S. jails and prisons and presenting a report based on its findings.
The Bribery and Special Interest (BRISPEC) sting operation was a sting operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that investigated corruption in the California State Legislature from 1986 to 1988. The operation,later known as Shrimpscam in the press,involved setting up dummy companies by the FBI. The FBI set up a West Sacramento-based shrimp processing company. Then the fake companies lobbied for special-interest legislative bills favoring themselves. In addition,money was offered to legislators to see if any of them could be bribed in return for their support. A couple of the bills were actually passed by both the Assembly and Senate,but were vetoed by Governor George Deukmejian,who was tipped off in advance.
Oscar López Rivera is a Puerto Rican activist and militant who was a member and suspected leader of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN),a clandestine paramilitary organization devoted to Puerto Rican independence that carried out more than 130 bomb attacks in the United States between 1974 and 1983. López Rivera was tried by the United States government for seditious conspiracy,use of force to commit robbery,interstate transportation of firearms,and conspiracy to transport explosives with intent to destroy government property.
Prison rape or jail rape refers to sexual assault of people while they are incarcerated. The phrase is commonly used to describe rape of inmates by other inmates,or to describe rape of inmates by staff.
Ernest D. Preate,Jr. is a former Republican Pennsylvania Attorney General. As Attorney General,he argued before the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case,Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey on behalf of Robert P. Casey,then governor of Pennsylvania. Preate also successfully argued another landmark case,Blystone v. Pennsylvania in the United States Supreme Court addressing the death penalty.
Right on Crime is a conservative U.S. criminal justice reform initiative that aims to gain support for criminal justice reform by sharing research and policy ideas,mobilizing leaders,and by raising public awareness. Right On Crime reforms are focused on "reducing crime,lowering costs and restoring victims." The initiative primarily focuses on eight issues:over-criminalization,juvenile justice,substance abuse,adult probation,parole and re-entry,law enforcement,prisons and victims. Right on Crime is a project of the Texas Public Policy Foundation,a conservative think tank. After its founding in Texas,Right on Crime has contributed to many criminal justice reforms throughout the country,working with conservative and liberal organizations.
Alan Robbins is a former American politician in the state of California. Robbins is most noted for his arrest and conviction on racketeering charges and serving five years in a federal prison.
The good conduct time allowance (GCTA) controversy started in August 2019 involving the employees of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). It begins with Bureau of Corrections Director General Nicanor Faeldon and several other government officials signing the document containing the release of former Calauan,Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez,the prime suspect in the rape and murder of Eileen Sarmenta and her friend Allan Gomez in 1993,and the release of Josman Aznar,Ariel Balansag,Alberto Caño and James Anthony Uy,the 4 suspects in the rape and murder of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong in 1997,citing "good conduct."
