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2023-06-17 03:06:03 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D929B80B5FF339ADA3FC081819C60FFEC537198A452CBFF5D2E3B5BEDA8D1982
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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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