Rutherford v. United States · ¶65

In 2018, Congress passed the First Step Act and greatly reduced the mandatory minimum for first-time § 924(c) offenders like Rutherford and Carter. Had the amendments been in effect when Rutherford was sentenced, he would have faced a 14-year mandatory minimum, less than half of the 32-year mandatory minimum he received. Carter would have been subject to a 21-year mandatory minimum, 36 years shorter than the 57-year mandatory minimum he received. Because Congress did not make its changes retroactive, Rutherford and Carter were not automatically eligible for sentence reductions based on those changes.

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