The U.S. Sentencing Commission recently released its FY 2025 Second Quarter Compassionate Release Data Report, shedding light on how federal courts are handling these critical motions. This year’s [...]

Can a Change in Law Reduce My Federal Sentence? A federal compassionate release can reduce an incarcerated defendant’s sentence and possibly even result in that person coming home [...]

Sample Compassionate Release Letter: The Basics The best compassionate release lawyers understand that cases can be won or lost from the very start. Beginning the compassionate release process [...]

How the First Step Act has Divided the Nation’s Courts of Appeals A compassionate release may be a way for a federal criminal defendant to receive a reduced [...]

"Tis the season to get out of jail early" Experienced compassionate release lawyers know that there is a massive difference between filing any old motion to reduce sentence [...]