3. Jackson would be the first public defender to serve on the Supreme Court in its 232-year history.
as vice chair of the Sentencing Commission, the commission made progress on reducing sentences on drug offenses: it retroactively scaled back sentences for many crack cocaine drug offenses, which allowed 12,000 incarcerated people to pursue reduced sentences and enabling an estimated 1,800 to be eligible for release.
around jurisdiction, rather than on hot-button political issues that either party would champion or criticize. But Jackson’s history as a public defender is likely to be politicized during her confirmation hearings.
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