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Biden DOJ Reverses Position on Crack Cocaine Appeal Before Supreme Court


Biden DOJ Reverses Position on Crack Cocaine Appeal Before Supreme Court
Low-level crack cocaine defendants should benefit from a 2018 federal law that reduced prison sentences for certain offenses, the Biden administration advised the Supreme Court, distancing itself from a more hardline position taken by the Trump administration.
Although then-President Donald Trump signed the criminal justice reform measure known as the First Step Act into law, his administration held the view that possession of a small amount of crack cocaine wasn’t covered under the statute.
Acting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar let the high court know in a March 15 letter about a pending case that the new administration has reversed course and now takes the position that defendant Tarahrick Terry qualifies for a sentence reduction. ....

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