Prison time articles
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Oklahoma is finally trying to cut prison time for abused moms
A year and a half after Mother Jones exposed how Oklahoma courts were imprisoning mothers for longer than their abusers, state lawmakers passed a bill that could allow some of those mothers’ sentences to be shortened. But this week, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed the legislation. In an award-winning investigation in 2022, I told the story […]
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No prison time for developer who bribed city officials for 18 years
Despite bribing San Francisco city officials for 18 years and being convicted of corruption, developer Sia Tahbazof, 73, was given only probation by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston. He was "fined" $75,000, though, a good example of the old adage that to the rich, the fine is a price. — Read the rest
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Binance's billionaire founder to find out if prison time is coming — here's what lawyers are expecting
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao will find out in a federal courtroom in Seattle whether he will be spending time in prison.