Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — August 5–9, 2024

Editorial image showing appellate opinions, confession suppression files, removal hearing notes, jailhouse informant testimony, denaturalization papers, Sentencing Commission retroactivity materials, and BOP statistics representing August 2024 federal sentencing retroactivity developments.

August 2024 federal sentencing retroactivity update covering Osorio-Arellanes confession and ineffective-assistance relief, Valdivias-Soto illegal reentry dismissal, Clements Napue habeas relief, Bush escape instruction reversal, Munoz denaturalization reversal, and Sentencing Commission retroactivity issues.

Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — July 22–26, 2024

July 2024 Federal Post-Conviction Sentencing Developments editorial image showing abstract federal sentencing review, § 924(c) plea-advice issues, Amendment 821 and 825 resentencing, criminal-history recalculation, Indian-country proof review, and Sentencing Commission retroactivity monitoring.

July 2024 federal post-conviction and sentencing update covering Baker § 924(c) plea-advice relief, Rivers Amendment 821 and 825 remand, Montano criminal-history scoring error, Wood Indian-country evidentiary reversal, Sentencing Commission retroactivity watch, and BOP relief statistics.

Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — July 15–19, 2024

July 2024 Federal Compassionate Release Sentencing Developments editorial image showing abstract federal sentence-reduction review, compassionate-release analysis, § 2255 resentencing, guideline recalculation, plea-agreement enforcement, and Second Amendment litigation.

July 2024 federal compassionate release and sentencing update covering Jean compassionate-release relief, Kaziu de novo resentencing after § 2255 vacatur, Figueroa-Roman sentencing clarification, Bordeaux guideline miscalculation, Sledge unanimity error, Livar plea-agreement hearing requirements, Duarte firearm litigation, and BOP statistics.