Right to appeal convictions for illegal sentences gets high court hearing

The Supreme Court heard arguments on what limitations should exist for defendants who waive appeals if their sentence would ...
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Argument analysis: For sentence modification, what will “based on” be based on?

The issue before the Supreme Court in Koons v. United States concerns the application of 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(2), which allows federal judges to modify a prison term for a “defendant who has been ...
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The one-sentence oral argument

February 28, 2022 - Most appellate lawyers will say that oral arguments are fading: with every passing year, there are fewer and they are shorter. What time is allotted may be consumed or redirected ...
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Holder Makes Moral Argument Against Mandatory Sentences

And I'm Steve Inskeep. The nation's top law enforcement officer says the criminal justice system is broken. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus yesterday. ATTORNEY ...