A freed man faces life back in prison after a Supreme Court ruling on the First Step Act
Patrick Dewayne Smith was released from prison and built a new life, working two jobs and spending time with his family in Tennessee. A Supreme Court ruling on the First Step Act—a law about criminal sentencing, has now put him at risk of returning to prison for life. The ruling apparently affected how the law applies to people already freed under it. Smith now faces the possibility of having his release reversed.
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