Under a legal practice known as acquitted-conduct sentencing, judges presiding over federal cases can determine defendants’ sentences based on charges that juries previously acquitted them of. However, in April 2024, the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) voted to “exclude conduct for which a person was acquitted in federal court from…

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