'Doesn't The Statute Make Them...': KBJ Grills Lawyer On Deferring Prisoner Sentence Reductions

During oral arguments for Fernandez v. United States concerning the use of compassionate release laws for prisoners to get reduced sentences, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned an attorney about deferring reduced sentencing for prisoners.

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