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2023-06-17 05:26:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 81EF5867978B6DDB3F760034ECE1D48A79C9B3277786FC3BEAD06B860070BD2B
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Compassionate release amends existing code, allowing prisoners to file their own motions to the Court. Previously, a motion could only be filed by Bureau of Prisons on a prisoner's behalf. The amendment was included in a bipartisan criminal reform bill, First Step Act 2018. https://www.nacdl.org/Article/JanFeb2020-FromthePresidentCompassionateReleaseThe
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