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SCOTUS rules 9-0 that people convicted of certain low-level crack-cocaine offenses are not eligible for re-sentencing under the First Step Act, a 2018 law that made some criminal-justice reforms retroactive. Here is the opinion in Terry v. United States. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-5904_i4dk.pdf …
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Why is it good
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A naive but sincere question: if a ruling is so obvious that it’s unanimous, why did it need to go to SCOTUS in the first place? It’s often said they get only the toughest cases.
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because the lower courts reached contradictory rulings and one has to be right
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The courts rule against people. Another shocker.
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did you read the judgement?
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Private prisons have to make money.
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All the prisons make money off prisoners. Pay them eleven cents an hour to assemble things so a company can put "made in the USA" on the tag. Charge prisoners to read a book, to receive their mail, to speak with their family, for necessities like soap and toiletries.
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No mercy for druggies when a past justice was an addict. Oh wait…
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