First Step Act
4 articles tagged with "First Step Act".
SCOTUS Slams the Backdoor on Post-Conviction Relief: First Step Act and AEDPA Rulings Demand a New Defense Playbook
Finality Over Fairness: The First Step Act Gets Gutted For the past few years, federal criminal defense attorneys have effectively used the compassionate release provision of the First Step Act as a vital equitable tool. When Congress declined to mak...
SCOTUS Slams the Door on First Step Act Relief: Why the Compassionate Release Era is Over
The End of Equitable Sentencing Disparities For the past six years, the defense bar has wielded the First Step Act of 2018 as the Swiss Army knife of post-conviction relief. District courts, empowered by the Act's expansion of 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(...
The Door Slams Shut: Supreme Court Gut-Punches Compassionate Release While Circuit Courts Upend Federal Prosecutorial Authority
A Paradigm Shift in Federal Criminal Defense For the past several years, federal criminal defense attorneys have heavily relied on back-end, post-conviction relief to correct draconian sentences. But the Supreme Court’s spring 2026 term has decisivel...
SCOTUS Slams the Door on First Step Act Sentence Reductions, Invalidating Sentencing Commission Policy
The End of the "Sentencing Disparity" Argument for Compassionate Release The Supreme Court has effectively slammed the door on one of the most vital avenues for federal sentencing relief. In a 6–3 decision handed down on May 28, 2026, the Court ruled...
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