Supreme Court will hear dispute over First Step Act sentence reductions

The U.S.  Supreme Court agreed on July 2 to "consider whether a sentencing reduction provision in the First Step Act can apply to defendants whose sentences prior to the 2018 law are vacated and who are resentenced with the statute in effect."

According to law360.com, "The justices granted and consolidated a pair of petitions by three defendants convicted of charges related to bank robberies. The defendants were originally sentenced to more than 300 years in prison, but later had parts of their convictions vacated and argued for lesser punishments following the passage of the FSA." The outlet added:

The order marks the latest action by the Supreme Court to clarify language in the criminal justice reform law after divisions emerged across the circuits. In March, the justices issued a 6-3 decision backing a strict view of a section of the law that allows certain nonviolent drug offenders to qualify for relief from mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines.

The decision to consider the case comes during one of the busiest times in the Supreme Court's history.

As a result, America's current SCOTUS has become one of the most scrutinized in history.

That scrutiny is to be expected, as this Supreme Court contains a conservative majority and is making some of the most important decisions in American history.

The country's future is going to be shaped for YEARS to come based on the decisions made by this Supreme Court, so one would hope the justices are taking their duties very seriously.

Before long, this Supreme Court may have forever changed the trajectory of the law of abortions, elections, voting processes, voter maps, presidential prosecution, presidential immunity, LGBT rights, birth control, and First Amendment rights.

We pray that the justices on America's Supreme Court have the strength and wisdom to make the right decisions.