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Law360
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that defendants can benefit from lighter sentences under the First Step Act if they were sentenced prior to the 2018 criminal justice reform law but later resentenced after their original sentences were tossed. https://t.co/gYEeuhs2mF https://t.co/1iHJmj1sem
Bloomberg Law The US Supreme Court broadly read a federal law meant to reduce harsh criminal sentences, siding with both the defendants and the federal government, which agreed that defendants were entitled to relief. https://t.co/EIqe4JIiYf
SCOTUSblog NEW: In Hewitt v. U.S., a case about whether the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before the act's enactment, the court holds that the act’s more lenient penalties apply when a defendant's previous sentences have been
