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BOP Sentence Reductions Cannot Be Denied Retroactively

The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy which created a new definition of "non-violent" offense could not be applied retroactively to deny a one-year sentence reduction to prisoners who had successfully completed a substance abuse program. 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e)(2)(B) allows ...

 

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