The enactment of the First Step Act earlier this month will bring some much-needed change to our criminal justice system. But the First Step Act remains just that, a first step — particularly with ...

The First Step Act represented one of the most significant federal prison reform efforts in decades. Passed with bipartisan support in 2018, the law was intended to reduce recidivism, expand ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 after pleading guilty to charges tied to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack, was released from prison after ...

The First Step Act is changing the way that federal prison systems treat prisoners. It increases opportunities for rehabilitation, shortens sentences, and enhances prisoners' rights. The law is a ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who hacked crypto exchange Bitfinex and stole nearly 120,000 bitcoin, said he has been freed from prison early. Lichtenstein said he was being released thanks to the First Step Act, ...

The man behind one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists in history is already out of prison, and he says he has Donald Trump’s signature criminal justice law to thank. Ilya Lichtenstein, convicted in ...

I went to federal prison for contempt of Congress. My detractors say I acted above the law. My supporters say I’m the poster child for a weaponized justice system. I won’t relitigate that here. What ...

Lichtenstein was sentenced in November 2024 for conspiracy to commit money laundering, linked to nearly 120,000 BTC stolen from the Bitfinex exchange. At today’s prices, that haul is worth more than ...

The hacker behind the 2016 Bitfinex breach says he was freed early under Donald Trump’s First Step Act, just over a year after receiving a five-year sentence. Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker behind one ...

President Trump signed the First Step Act into law in 2018. Seven years since then, the current Bureau of Prisons leadership blames mismanagement of funds and ineffective leadership. A new GAO report ...