SAMARITAN PROJECTS 4415 Gladstone Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64123 417 901 3000 attorneytnorridnews@gmail.com samaritanprojects@gmail.com NEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILLS INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS First Step Implementation Act The bipartisan First Step Implementation Act of 2025 aims to further implement the FSA and advance its goals. The First Step Implementation Act would further the goals of the FSA by: Allowing courts to apply the FSA sentencing reform provisions to reduce sentences i

SAMARITAN PROJECTS 4415 Gladstone Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64123 Rusty 417 901 3000 – Eddie 417 818 1938 attorneytnorridnews@gmail.com samaritanprojects@gmail.com SAMARITANPROJECTS.COM – Website – December 8, 2025 SUPREME COURT: Munson v. United States, No. 24-1063, argued Oct. 10, 2025. (1) Whether the only permissible exceptions to a general appeal waiver are for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel or that the sentence exceeds the statutory maximum. (2) Whether an ap

SAMARITAN PROJECTS 4415 Gladstone Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64123 417 901 3000 attorneytnorridnews@gmail.com samaritanprojects@gmail.co m APPEAL/CR.RIS. The Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded United States v. Swartz, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 28718 (4th Cir. Nov. 3, 2025). Most relevant here, the Sentencing Guidelines expressly provide that "[t]he death or incapacitation of the caregiver of the defendant's . . . child who is 18 years of age or older and incapable of self-care becau