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U.S. v. Levi 8:04-cr-00235-DKC (D. Md. July 6, 2021)
Memorandum Opinion Granting Compassionate Release
Argument: Many may have followed the recent story of Gwen Levi, a 76 year old grandmother released on CARES Act home confinement and ordered back to prison when she missed a call from her supervising officials while attending a computer skills class. See "A grandmother didn’t answer her phone during a class. She was sent back to prison." (WaPo, Jun. 26, 2021).
Gwen's story has a happy ending, because Judge Deborah Chasanow granted her pending compassionate release motion, finding that due to Ms. Levi's "potential return to full custody," a reduction in sentence was appropriate. "Woman who was arrested after missing officials' phone call while in computer class is headed home." (USA Today, Jul. 6, 2021).
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- News Release
News Release ~ 07/20/2021
Biden Administration Poised to Return Thousands to Federal Prison Following COVID-era Home Confinement -- NACDL Calls on President Biden to Commute the Sentences of People Living in CARES Act Home Confinement -- Washington, DC (July 20, 2021) – More than 500,000 incarcerated individuals in federal, state, and local jails and prisons in the United States have been infected with COVID-19. During the crisis, Congress passed the CARES Act, expanding the availability of home confinement as an alternative to serving out one’s sentence in federal prison.