SCOTUS rules in <em>Terry</em> that lowest-level crack offenders cannot secure resentencing based on FIRST STEP Act retroactivity of Fair Sentencing Act June 14, 2021
SCOTUS rules defendants must show plain error (and likely won’t) when pressing <em>Rehaif</em> claims on appeal in felon-in-possession cases June 14, 2021
<em>Borden</em> claims and the potential for 3582(c)(1)(a) motions to enable retroactivity June 13, 2021
Unanimous South Carolina Supreme Court decides sex offender registry is “unconstitutional absent any opportunity for judicial review to assess the risk of re-offending” June 13, 2021
Youth, gender, mental illness, abuse, co-defendant disparity all part of Tennessee capital case perhaps nearing an execution date June 13, 2021
Another dive into the ugly BOP realities of federal compassionate release during the pandemic June 11, 2021
Split Indiana Supreme Court finally rules that forfeiture of Tyson Timbs’ Land Rover driven to small drug deal was constitutionally excessive June 11, 2021
