The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that a man who burglarized 10 storage units in the same facility did not commit crimes on separate "occasions" and cannot be considered a career criminal subject to a mandatory minimum sentence.
Justices Press DOJ Over 180 In Crack Case By
Jimmy Hoover | May 4, 2021, 7:04 PM EDT The Biden administration s 180-degree turn in a case about crack sentencing disparities appears to have caught several U.S. Supreme Court justices off guard, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett pressing a government attorney during oral arguments Tuesday to explain the Department of Justice s process for changing positions.
In the case Terry v. U.S. before the Supreme Court,
the Biden administration abandoned the Trump administration s argument that certain people serving time in prison for low-level crack offenses are ineligible for reduced sentences under the First Step Act of 2018.