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  • 16 Oct 2026

First Circuit Says Low-Level Drug Defendants Get a Fairer Shot at a Reduced Sentence

  • Jeremy Zullo
The First Circuit vacated a 36-month fentanyl sentence, ruling that judges cannot invent disqualifiers for the new minor-role guideline. What U.S. v. Vizcaino means for low-level defendants.
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