Author: Jeremy Gordon

President Trump granted pardons and commutations in February. Find out more about plans for the future of commutations and pardons here.

In United States vs. Hardwick, the Third Circuit remanded the denial of a FIRST STEP Act reduction to the district court.

In United States vs. Chew, the Ninth Circuit remanded a Fraud Sentence appeal to the District Court for an improper sentencing enhancement.

In United States vs. Maumau, 08-cr-00758, the District of Utah granted 3582 "Compassionate Release" Relief for a person who was imprisoned under an excessively long "Old Law" Pre-First Step Act 924(c) sentence.

The Smarter Sentencing Act, which has stalled several times before, is making its way through Congress. Learn more about the Smarter Sentencing Act here.

The criminal justice reform law known as the First Step Act has a number of changes to benefit inmates and a defense attorney will help.

A year later, taking a look at the First Step Act and how the provisions have made proactive change.

United States vs Venable Provides Answer Since the passage of the FIRST STEP Act in 2018 there have been hundreds of questions about whether inmates serving a term of Supervised Release would be able to seek relief as part of the retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act. In United States vs. Venable, No. 19-6280, […]

In Rigdill, a federal criminal appeal, the 9th Circuit held that a Fourteen-Level Enhancement required clear and convincing evidence from the government.

Presidential clemency power takes a different tone in the current administration, with pardons, clemencies, and commutations.