Constitutional Accountability Center: Supreme Court Majority Rules That Judges Cannot Consider Changing Views of Crime When Reducing Sentences
May 28, 2026
May 28, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Constitutional Accountability Center issued the following news release:
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CAC Release: Supreme Court Majority Rules that Judges Cannot Consider Changing Views of Crime when Reducing Sentences
Following the Supreme Court's decision this morning in Rutherford v. United States and Carter v. United States, consolidated cases in which the Court considered the scope of a sentencing judge's discretion to grant compassionate . . .
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CAC Release: Supreme Court Majority Rules that Judges Cannot Consider Changing Views of Crime when Reducing Sentences
Following the Supreme Court's decision this morning in Rutherford v. United States and Carter v. United States, consolidated cases in which the Court considered the scope of a sentencing judge's discretion to grant compassionate . . .