"Supreme Court Affirms Mandatory Prison Sentences for Low-Level Drug Offenders"

The Supreme Court has ruled that low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice overhaul, due to a dispute over the interpretation of a provision in the law. The 6-3 decision means that thousands more people in the federal criminal justice system will be denied a chance at a reduced sentence, impacting nearly 6,000 individuals convicted of drug trafficking in the 2021 budget year alone.