SCOTUS Announces Federal Sentence Under ACCA Based on Federal Classification of Drug at Time of State Court Proceeding by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The Supreme Court of the United States held that whether a state court drug conviction counts as a “serious drug offense” under the Armed Career Criminal …

Sixth Circuit: District Court Committed Procedural Error by Impermissibly Ceding Its Discretion to Congress to Determine Guidelines’ Crack-to-Powder Ratio at Sentencing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held a District Court commits “procedural error by failing to appreciate the scope …

Hundreds Serving Life Due to Less Than Unanimous Jury Verdicts by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon After the U.S. Civil War and followingthe 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution that banned slavery, laws designed to disadvantage Black people were passed throughout former Rebel states. Those legislative acts became known …

Federal Judge Issues Order Reducing 40-Year Stacked § 924(c) Sentence Based on First Step Act Changes to Compassionate Release by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On a cold February 2003 night, my life was shattered. That is when I was arrested and charged with a crack cocaine conspiracy along with …