by Michael Santos | Jun 25, 2019 | Bureau of Prisons, Early Release from Federal Prison, First Step Act, Sentencing, Shon Hopwood
Another federal judge has found that the criteria for compassionate release, contained in the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, is inconsistent with the statutory changes made by the First Step Act. Yesterday, Federal Judge Sim Lake reduced Arturo Cantu-Rivera’s prior...
by Michael Santos | Jun 24, 2019 | Bureau of Prisons, Early Release from Federal Prison, First Step Act, Reforms, Sentencing, Sentencing Guidelines, Shon Hopwood
I recently posted about my new law review article called Second Looks & Second Chances, and the argument that federal district court judges may use the compassionate release, as amended by the First Step Act, to give second looks in individual cases and then...
by Michael Santos | Jun 18, 2019 | Bureau of Prisons, Early Release from Federal Prison, First Step Act, Reforms, Shon Hopwood
There is a viable argument for why federal district court judges can use the compassionate release statute, as amended by the First Step Act, as a second look provision to reduce a sentence for people in federal prison if “extraordinary and compelling reasons” are...
by Michael Santos | Apr 2, 2019 | Character Reference Letters, sentence consulting, Sentence mitigation, Shon Hopwood
The criminal justice system has a tendency of decimating hope for people that are going through the system. That’s why it is so crucial to highlight success stories. We can see that success in our friend and partner, Shon Hopwood. Best Possible Outcomes On April 1,...
by Michael Santos | Mar 22, 2019 | Early Release from Federal Prison
Our partner, Justin Paperny, has brought considerable attention to the importance of preparation. Unfortunately, many people go into the criminal justice system blindly. Since they’ve never been involved with the system previously, they don’t know what...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 20, 2019 | Early Release from Federal Prison, Federal Prison Camp, Justin Paperny
We’re Not Prison Consultants We’re grateful to Peter Holley at The Washington Post for bringing attention to our work at White Collar Advice and Prison Professors. • Meet the convicted felon helping people charged in the college admissions scandal prepare for prison...
by Michael Santos | Mar 20, 2019 | Early Release from Federal Prison, Justin Paperny, Prison Consultant, Shon Hopwood
Why Prison Professors? I’m often asked why I co-founded a company called Prison Professors L.L.C. and further asked what the company does. I intend to answer both those questions in this post. I started Prison Professors with Michael Santos and Justin Paperny in the...
by Michael Santos | Feb 26, 2019 | First Step Act, Shon Hopwood
By the time this post is published, the Yale Law Journal Online will have published a series of essays from the formerly incarcerated, including mine on The Effort to Reform the Federal Criminal Justice System. In the essay, I explain how the First Step Act came to...
by Michael Santos | Dec 26, 2018 | First Step Act, Prison Consultant
The First Step Act is the most meaningful prison-reform legislation that has passed since President Clinton signed the Anti-Terrorism and Death Penalty Act, back in 1996. It applies to all people in federal prison. President Trump signed the First Step Act into law in...
by Michael Santos | Dec 25, 2018 | Bureau of Prisons, Federal Prison Camp, First Step Act, Justin Paperny, Michael Santos, Prison Consultant
Understand The First Step Act To learn more about The First Step Act, take a look at the first in a series of articles our team has begun to write by clicking the following link; Helping You Understand The First Step Act This legislation will work wonders for people...
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