Client stories
These videos are clients and family members talking, in their own words, about federal sentencing matters we worked on. Most are about motions to reduce a sentence after the First Step Act. Others are about a resentencing hearing, or about the Bureau of Prisons getting jail credit or halfway house time wrong.
Each video is short and has captions. Every case is different, and these stories describe what happened in one case only.
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Sentence reduction motions
Motions asking the sentencing court to lower a sentence, many of them filed after the First Step Act of 2018. See how sentence reductions work.
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Client · Video, 2:57
Celester DeGroat talks about asking the court to reduce a 1990s crack cocaine sentence after federal law changed.
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Client · Video, 2:01
David Lee talks about a First Step Act sentence reduction motion that the government opposed.
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Client · Video, 2:44
David Miles talks about his sentence reduction under the First Step Act after 17 years in prison.
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Client · Video, 1:38
Demetris Blocker talks about the motion to reduce his federal sentence.
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Client · Video, 2:13
Joe Garrett talks about a First Step Act motion to reduce his drug sentences and the government's opposition.
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Client · Video, 5:38
Karl Bell talks about moving from a § 2241 petition to a First Step Act motion, and the hearing that followed.
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Client · Video, 1:48
Joseph Wolcott talks about the motion filed for him after the First Step Act passed.
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Family member · Video, 3:02
Kevin Wolcott, Joseph Wolcott's son, talks about the motion filed for his father after the First Step Act passed.
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Family member · Video, 1:21
Myra Wolcott talks about her father-in-law Joseph Wolcott's case and what it meant for her family.
Sentencing and resentencing
Hearings where the judge set or reset the sentence.
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Client · Video, 2:16
Erika Brown talks about preparing for her resentencing hearing after a § 2255 motion.
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Client · Video, 0:50
Cheryl Waller talks about communication during her federal case and the sentence she was facing.
Jail credit, halfway house and home confinement
Problems with how the Bureau of Prisons counted time or set release dates. See how the Bureau of Prisons computes a sentence.
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Client · Video, 2:19
Kinard Henson talks about getting the Bureau of Prisons to correct the jail credit on his sentence.
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Client · Video, 1:13
Daniel Snow talks about a dispute with the Bureau of Prisons over his halfway house time.
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Client · Video, 1:50
Mary Musso talks about her halfway house and home confinement time.