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Orlando, Fla.– June 22, 2023: The Florida Commission on Offender Review has denied parole to Crosley Green, ruling that his tentative parole release date will be in 2054, when he will be 97 years old. The 65-year-old grandfather has already served 32 years in prison, including 19 years on death row, for a Brevard County murder that he did not commit.

Orlando, Fla.– April 17, 2023: Crosley Green embraced his family Monday in what may be his last day as a free man and then surrendered again to the Florida Department of Corrections in Orlando. The 65-year-old grandfather has already served 32 years, including 19 on death row, for a murder that he did not commit. After a federal court found that Mr. Green was wrongfully convicted, he has been free for the past two years on conditional release while his case was on appeal. He was ordered to return to prison after an appeals court overturned his win and the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear his case.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Mondaire Jones (D-NY) introduced the “Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act” (S. 3847 and H.R. 7101), which, if enacted, would dramatically change the standards and processes for federal merger review across all sectors of the economy, giving the DOJ and FTC powers like those of—if not stronger than—the European Commission. The new bill is perhaps the most aggressive federal legislative proposal yet seeking to halt and reverse industry consolidation, highlighting concerns likely to impact ongoing negotiations on Capitol Hill regarding other pending antitrust legislation.

On June 11, 2021, House lawmakers introduced a package of antitrust bills on the heels of the Antitrust Subcommittee’s 16-month investigation into competition in digital markets, resulting in the majority staff’s detailed findings. On June 23-24, the House Judiciary Committee held its markup hearing, voting to submit amended versions of the bills to the Rules Committee and ultimately the House Floor.