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A Starting Line improvement for First Step Act credit (opens the original)
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“An earlier release from prison? Where do I sign up?” That’s an obvious question our clients frequently ask concering earning First Step Act (FSA) credits. Under the FSA, eligible inmates can earn time credits towards pre-release custody. The FSA is touted as a recidivism reduction program encouraging federal inmates to pursue rehabilitation programs while incarcerated. With an early release incentive, our clients obviously want to get in on that as soon as possible. This week, earning those FSA
The Brutal History of the USSG and potential turns for the worse. (opens the original)
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I started my job as an Assistant Federal Public Defender just seven months before the Supreme Court decided United States v. Booker. That ruling struck down the mandatory nature of the federal sentencing guidelines, effectively restoring much-needed discretion to district court judges. Before Booker, AFPDs were trained to master the guidelines and deconstruct them because it was so much of the ballgame for sentencing outcomes. As soon as I started getting the hang of mandatory guidelines, the la
Brainstorming on U.S. v. Chatrie (opens the original)
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Digital surveillance and location data harvesting has been a law enforcement technique for a long time. The Supreme Court has now weighed in with some improved Constitutional protections that may support 4th Amendment challenges in a whole range of federal criminal cases. The decision in Chatrie v. United States holds that using a “geofence warrant” to obtain Google Location History data is not only a Fourth Amendment search but also that people have an reasonable expectation of p
Federal sentencing is about to go off on drones. (opens the original)
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In the unfolding dystopia of American life 2026, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the United States Sentencing Commission has its eye on a specific guideline amendment aimed at the use of drones in connection with federal criminal activity. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1593394584164-2838f3da1554?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxMTZ8fGRyb25lJTIwd2Fyc3
Stopping the stamp of excessive supervised release conditions. (opens the original)
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Understandably, federal defense attorneys are often zeroed in on the number of months in a given sentence rather than the supervised release conditions that will apply on the back end. But those stamped-on supervised-release conditions can eventually become oppressive for clients who do not require tight federal-court supervision to put their crimes behind them.Does your misdemeanor client with no criminal record and a job really need to be geographically confined to the judicial district during
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