Rutherford v. United States · ¶74

Congress tasked the Commission with issuing “general policy statements regarding . . . the appropriate use of” compassionate release. 28 U. S. C. § 994(a)(2)(C). Congress also required the Commission to “describe what should be considered extraordinary and compelling reasons for sentence reduction, including the criteria to be applied and a list of specific examples.” § 994(t). The only limit Congress imposed was that “[r]ehabilitation of the defendant alone shall not be considered an extraordinary and compelling reason.” Ibid.

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