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Actor Allison Mack gets 3 years in NXIVM sex-slave case
By Tom Hays — June 30, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — TV actor Allison Mack, who played a key role in the scandal-ridden, cult-like group NXIVM, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday on charges she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for the group’s spiritual leader. Mack — best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on […]
Prison Fellowship joins campaign to reform cocaine sentencing guidelines
By Adelle M. Banks — March 9, 2021
(RNS) — The president of the evangelical prison ministry said ‘action is needed now to correct this now long-standing injustice.’
Evangelical leaders push for criminal justice reform
By Adelle M. Banks — June 20, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) They're are calling for equitable punishment, alternatives to incarceration and a different take on the “tough on crime” language of the Trump administration.
This New Year, ‘Make Emanuels out of all of us’
By Lauren Markoe — January 1, 2017
CHARLESTON, S.C. (RNS) As the trial of church shooter Dylann Roof moves into its sentencing phase this week, South Carolina's poet laureate recalls what she witnessed in the courtroom: devastation and heartache, bravery and grace.
Roof won’t offer defense during sentencing
By guest — December 28, 2016
(RNS) 'At this point I’m not intending to offer any evidence at all or call any witnesses,' Dylann Roof said, addressing a U.S. District Court judge.
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