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Another federal judge uses compassionate release as a second look resentencing provision
Another federal judge has found that the criteria for compassionate release, contained in the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, is inconsistent with the statutory changes made by the First Step Act. Yesterday, Federal Judge Sim Lake reduced Arturo Cantu-Rivera’s prior...
Federal District Court Judge uses compassionate release as a second look resentencing provision
I recently posted about my new law review article called Second Looks & Second Chances, and the argument that federal district court judges may use the compassionate release, as amended by the First Step Act, to give second looks in individual cases and then reduce the sentences in those cases. Last week, a federal district court in the Southern District of Texas used compassionate release for just this purpose.
A Second Look at a Second Chance: Seeking a Sentence Reduction under the Compassionate Release Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), as Amended by the First Step Act
There is a viable argument for why federal district court judges can reduce a sentence for people in federal prison if “extraordinary and compelling reasons” are present, even if those reasons have nothing to do with medical, age, or family issues.
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