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Sentencing Commission report shows that courts granted less than one in five compassionate release motions.

The Fourth Circuit reversed the denial of a compassionate release after the district court failed to consider the applicant’s obesity.

Some Cares Act recipients have received a request from the Justice Department to complete a clemency petition.

In Burke, The Court granted compassionate release to a person with an end of life diagnosis.

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 […]