Rutherford v. United States · ¶88
Statistics also undercut the majority's suggestion that the Commission's policy statement permits relief in ordinary cases. Almost no one has received relief under the Commission's criteria. There are currently over 130,000 individuals serving sentences for federal convictions. United States Sentencing Commission, QuickFacts: Individuals in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (May 2025), https://www.ussc.gov/ sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-publications/quick-facts/ BOP＿2025.pdf (archived at https://perma.cc/K2QS-JCR5). In Fiscal Year 2024, defendants moved for compassionate release 3,015 times nationwide. United States Sentencing Commission, Compassionate Release Data Report, FY 2024, Table 2 (Mar. 2025), https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/ pdf/research-and-publications/federal-sentencing-statistics/ compassionate-release/FY24-Compassionate-Release.pdf (archived at…Read in context ›
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