[Eugene Volokh] Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes' Sentence Reduced by 1 Year

[Eugene Volokh] Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes' Sentence Reduced by 1 Year

This was called for, the court held, by a new retroactive sentencing guideline that allows such a reduction when a defendant "did not personally cause substantial hardship."

An excerpt from yesterday's decision by Judge Edward Davila (N.D. Cal.) in U.S. v. Holmes:On November 1, 2023, after the Court sentenced Holmes [to 11¼ years in prison], the Sentencing Commission ame… [+9821 chars]