After weeks of uncertainty and delay the First Step Act of 2018 is coming closer to passage by the United States Congress.  In an unusual show of bipartisanship, Democrats and Republicans have worked together on a bill to reduce the length of prison sentences for nonviolent offenders and improve programs for rehabilitation and re-entry into society. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/politics/senate-criminal-justice-bill.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Social Law Resources on Federal Criminal Procedure and Sentencing include:

Federal criminal trials [e-book] 2019 edition
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1149651

Defending federal criminal cases : attacking the government's proof
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1108746

Orfield's Criminal procedure under the federal rules
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1001172

Practice under the federal sentencing guidelines
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1127767

Federal sentencing for business crimes
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1034693