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The First Step Act: Overview and Practice Advisory [webinar]
Enacted December 21, 2018, the First Step Act modifies several federal sentencing provisions and mandates the creation of a new system for incentivizing participation in Bureau of Prisons programming. Because the full implications of these measures may not be immediately apparent, Amy Baron-Evans, Sentencing Resource Counsel for the Federal Public and Community Defenders and the go-to lawyer among federal defenders for difficult sentencing questions, discusses the ins and outs of the new law, with emphasis on potentially overlooked aspects of the most significant provisions.