Supreme Court skeptical of applying Trump-era criminal justice law retroactively for small drug offenses John Fritze, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – A majority of the Supreme Court voiced skepticism Tuesday over allowing certain low-level drug offenders to seek reduced sentences under bipartisan criminal justice legislation signed into law in 2018 by President Donald Trump.
The appeal stirred a debate at the nation s highest court about Congress intent when the First Step Act permitted some offenders to seek shorter sentences but not others. The landmark law was intended to ease tough-on-crime policies that swelled prison populations and had a disproportionate impact on African-American communities.
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