by McCraken McCraken | Jul 17, 2025 | Blog
The federal sentencing system’s longstanding 10:1 ratio— treating pure (“actual”) methamphetamine ten times moreharshly than meth “mixture”—is under serious fire. In United States v. Bean (D.N.H. 2019), the court laid out one of the clearest judicial rebukes of this...
by McCraken McCraken | Jul 17, 2025 | Blog
For decades, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (for using or carrying a gun during a crime) and § 922(g)(1) (felon-in-possession) havecarried some of the harshest punishments in federal law. But a wave of reform—through Congress, courts, and the Supreme Court. The court may finally...
by McCraken McCraken | Jul 17, 2025 | Blog
Background and PurposeIn June 2025, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced a significant new policy that could reshape how time credits are used to reduce sentences. For years, the First Step Act (FSA) has allowed people in federal prison to earn time credits by...
