Split Supreme Court Allows Lighter Sentences for Bank Robbers Dubbed 'Scarecrow Bandits'

Split Supreme Court Allows Lighter Sentences for Bank Robbers Dubbed 'Scarecrow Bandits'

In a 5-4 decision, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the defendants could benefit from Congress' elimination of steep "stacked" sentences in the 2018 First Step Act, even though they went on their crime spree before the law took effect.