Author: Jeremy Gordon

President Trump granted Five Commutations this past week. I believed and posited that this was likely but I was hoping for more commutations to be granted.

Blakinger & Hamilton Elkton FCI, a federal prison hotspot for COVID-19 cases earlier this summer and the object of legal scrutiny due to its handling of the virus, was outlined in an article for The Marshall Project by Keri Blakinger and Keegan Hamilton. In the article, Blakinger and Hamilton discuss the discrepancies between the conditions […]

In Dominguez, the Southern District of Florida granted compassionate release to a person who had a pre-Booker life sentence.

In Wagner, The Fifth Circuit held that no trial penalty existed although the District Court judge mentioned that the codefendants pled guilty.

Marie Neba's Tragic Death inside the BOP shows the cruelty of the system and the need for change.

“An agency that is constitutionally required to maintain the health, safety, and rehabilitation of 160,000 people deserves continuous oversight, not a hearing once or twice a year.” Kevin Ring Sentencing Law and Policy is being used to bring light to the need for independent oversight of the federal Bureau of Prisons.  In this post, Professor […]

In Brown, the Eleventh Circuit indicated that the district court used incorrect criteria to deny a First Step Act motion.

Delgado-Lopez's case is important because it deals with statements and reasoning regarding the "Minor Role" Reduction that the court made at sentencing that were improper and unfounded.

CNN Reports that COVID-19 has killed more police officers this year than any other cause. It's time for the prosecutors to be pro-law enforcement.

ACLU Lawyer Andrea Moore says that the federal judiciary must do more to protect the incarcerated population from COVID-19