Latest Updates
Federal Relief & Sentencing Updates
Federal sentencing updates covering appellate decisions, compassionate release developments, Bureau of Prisons issues, Supreme Court activity, and post-conviction litigation affecting federal relief considerations.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — April 28–May 2, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from April 28–May 2, 2025, including Supreme Court FTCA law-enforcement liability arguments, career offender predicate challenges, federal sentencing review, and Fourth Amendment cellphone search suppression.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — April 21–25, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from April 21–25, 2025, including mitigating role sentencing review, obstruction enhancement findings, § 922(g) Second Amendment challenges, ACCA resentencing after Erlinger, Range finality, and clemency developments.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — April 14–18, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from April 14–18, 2025, including mitigating role resentencing, invalid appeal waivers, sentencing enhancement challenges, trial evidence errors, Anti-Kickback limits, and Sentencing Commission amendments.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — April 7–11, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from April 7–11, 2025, including Supreme Court grants on restitution and Sixth Amendment counsel rights, ACCA resentencing, plea agreement breach, and major Sentencing Commission guideline amendments.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — March 30–April 4, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from March 30–April 4, 2025, including habeas certificate-of-appealability issues, revocation resentencing, career offender predicate review, Hobbs Act reversals, BOP halfway house changes, and § 922(g) litigation.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — March 24–28, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from March 24–28, 2025, including Supreme Court firearm rulings, false statement prosecutions, suppression victories, cyberstalking reversals, § 922(g) litigation, and compassionate release developments.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — March 17–21, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from March 17–21, 2025, including aggravated identity theft after Dubin, multiplicitous conviction reversals, trial-penalty litigation, DOJ firearm rights restoration proposals, fentanyl legislation, and § 922(g) relief considerations.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — March 10–14, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from March 10–14, 2025, including supervised release revocation challenges, hearsay confrontation rights, upward departure errors, mental-health evidence, revocation jurisdiction, Faretta issues, and Sentencing Commission hearings.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — March 3–7, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from March 3–7, 2025, including Supreme Court review of § 924(c) and § 924(j), ammunition enhancement errors, ACCA resentencing after Erlinger, Amendment 821 review, and § 922(g) relief considerations.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — February 24–28, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from February 24–28, 2025, including Supreme Court firearm-rights litigation, Glossip’s new trial, First Step Act earned time-credit eligibility, sentencing enhancement reversals, and federal appellate victories.