From The U.S. Sentencing Committee:
With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic,5 the courts received thousands of
compassionate release motions, most filed by offenders. This report provides an analysis of the compassionate release motions filed with the courts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data in this report reflects compassionate release motions decided by the courts during calendar years 2020 and 2021 (January 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021). Prior to October 1, 2020, courts submitted to the Commission documentation regarding motions for all compassionate release that were granted, but not for all compassionate release motions that were denied. For the time period of January 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, the Commission obtained documentation for compassionate release motions that were denied, where available, by searching court records using the PACER system. Beginning October 1, 2020, courts began submitting to the Commission documentation for all compassionate release motions, regardless of whether they were granted or denied. The data in this report is limited to motions for which the Commission received or obtained court documentation and completed its analysis by August 31, 2021.
Read the full report here.
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