The word ‘and’ could land criminal defendants with longer sentences thanks to Supreme Court ruling
A new Supreme Court ruling will make it more difficult for criminal defendants with prior nonviolent drug offenses to seek shorter sentences under a law whose purpose was to reform federal prisons.
In a released on Friday, the court ruled that the word “and” means “and”, not “or”, in a complicated case that challenged justices to interpret grammar – a bill passed under the Trump administration.
