Diverse coalition urges Supreme Court to end acquitted conduct sentencing

Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) has teamed up with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), Dream Corps JUSTICE, and the R Street Institute to file a cross-ideological brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of MacArthur Justice and the Federal Defender’s petition on behalf of Erick Osby.

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