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 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.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — February 17–21, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from February 17–21, 2025, including successive § 2255 authorization after Counterman, involuntary plea relief, sufficiency reversals, sentencing enhancement errors, clemency developments, and § 922(g) relief considerations.
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Federal Relief & Sentencing Developments — February 10–14, 2025
Federal sentencing developments from February 10–14, 2025, including sentencing enhancement errors, bribery conviction reversals, § 922(g) Second Amendment challenges, drug conspiracy resentencing, and compassionate release considerations.