Letter to Senate in support of bill reforming compassionate release

March 20, 2018 United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Re: Support for Granting Release and Compassion Effectively (GRACE) Act of 2018 Dear Senator: Human Rights Watch is writing to encourage your co-sponsorship of the recently introduced bipartisan bill, Granting Release and Compassion Effectively (GRACE) Act (S. 2471). This legislation seeks to streamline the currently burdensome process of federal compassionate release for incarcerated people, who are aging, medically incapacitated, and/or whose family requires their presence due to a compelling circumstance. The GRACE Act would also create…

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