Rutherford v. United States · ¶50

This brings us to the Sentencing Commission. Recall that Congress authorized the Commission to promulgate policy statements that “describe what should be considered extraordinary and compelling reasons for sentence reduction,” 28 U. S. C. § 994(t), and provided that any grant of compassionate release must be consistent with the Commission's policy statements, 18 U. S. C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). Recall, too, that the Commission's current policy statement allows consideration of nonretroactive legal changes in certain circumstances. Petitioners contend that our interpretation of the statute must yield to the policy statement.

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