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U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Data Report on Compassionate Release in FY 2023
Loaded on Oct. 1, 2024
by Matthew Clarke
published in Criminal Legal News
October, 2024, page 37
Filed under:
COVID-19,
Statistics/Trends,
Compassionate Release,
Official Report.
Location:
United States of America.
by Matthew Thomas Clarke
In June 2024, the U.S. Sentencing Commission released a data report on release for “extraordinary and compelling reasons” under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), also known as compassionate release (“CR”). The courts have the authority to grant CR motions and are required to consider the factors set forth ...
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