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The Bureau of Prisons may be trying new things in order to fight the virus.

The Sixth Circuit held that things known to the court at the time of sentencing and non-retroactive precedent could not serve as extraordinary and compelling circumstances.

The Law of the Case doctrine prevents reconsidering an issue that has already been decided by the same court or a higher court in the same case.

In Simmons, the Fourth Circuit Held that a RICO conspiracy was not a "crime of violence" for purposes of 924(c)

Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and several months into the spread of the Delta variant of the virus, public health conversations seemingly shifted focus. While 2020 conversations centered primarily on social distancing, masking, and isolation protocols, the rollout of several effective vaccines redirected conversations towards vaccination rates. However, the CDC’s recent adjustment to […]

Glover:  Conflict of Interest Case in Fourth Circuit, 19-4801 Glover was charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute drugs.  He tried to hire an attorney and sent that attorney thousands of dollars in advance for his services.  The attorney sent the money to the DEA believing that they were drug proceeds.  The […]

Saccoccia was sentenced to 660 years (!) for “a panoply of criminal offenses connected to his role in laundering more than $136,000,000 for a Colombian drug cartel.”  The district court sentenced him to the statutory maximum on his charges and then ran them consecutively.  Saccoccia filed a compassionate release motion in May of 2020.  He […]

The District Court is required to rule on all aspects of a 2255 motion even when granting relief based on one claim.

The Safer Detention Act, Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act and FIRST STEP Implementation Act may pass as justice reform soon.

Sources indicate that the BOP is considering scanning inmate mail. But would that achieve the BOP's goals of preventing contraband?