WASHINGTON (CN) — Ruling against prisoners seeking sentence reductions, the Supreme Court on Thursday barred judges from using discretion to offer sentence reductions to account for trial errors or chances in the law.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Donald Trump appointee, led two majority opinions joined by her conservative colleagues holding that a 2018 criminal justice reform law couldn’t be used to expand circumstances where courts can reduce a prisoner’s sentence under the compassionate release provision.
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