Lower courts are split on whether the change applies only to high and mid-level offenders and not low-level offenders.
Mandatory Credit:	Al Drago/Getty Images

Lower courts are split on whether the change applies only to high and mid-level offenders and not low-level offenders.
Mandatory Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

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Trump-era sentencing reform law doesn't apply to low-level crack cocaine offenders, Supreme Court says

The Supreme Court held Monday that a low-level crack-cocaine offender is ineligible to seek a reduced sentence under the Trump-era First Step Act sentencing reform law.