Justices limit judicial discretion over compassionate release

Justice Amy Coney Barrett penned two majority opinions for the court, holding that a 2018 criminal justice reform law couldn’t be used to expand circumstances where courts can reduce a prisoner’s sentence under the compassionate release provision.

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