Ruth Bader Ginsburg flips, supporting conservative stance in criminal sentencing decision
Posted on AllSides June 3rd, 2019
From The Left
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has sided with the Supreme Court’s conservative justices in a criminal sentencing case that ended with a 5-4 decision.
The court determined a defendant can be sentenced for violating their supervised release — even if that release was to expire during their incarceration while facing new charges.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent that the Supreme Court reached its decision “by adopting a backward-looking approach.”
“Because I cannot agree that a person ‘is imprisoned in connection with a conviction’ before any conviction has occurred, I...