Senior Judge Jack Weinstein, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Photo:
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Senior U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein wrote that Cheyenne Simons, the defendant, should be released immediately because of a new federal law that retroactively reduced the sentencing requirements for charges he pled guilty to in 2008.
April 22, 2019 at 05:44 PM
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A federal judge in Brooklyn became one of the first in the country on Monday to use a new federal law to order the immediate release of a man who served more than a decade in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
Senior U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein wrote that Cheyenne Simons, the defendant, should be released immediately because of a new federal law that retroactively reduced the sentencing requirements for charges he had pleaded guilty to in 2008.
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