Straight Outta Brooklyn: 🚨🧵 Terrence Richardson & Ferrone Claiborne were acquitted by a federal jury for killing a Waverly, VA, officer in April 1998. However, because they pleaded guilty to the same crime in state court, the judge used that as an admission of guilt to determine their sentence.

🚨🧵 Terrence Richardson & Ferrone Claiborne were acquitted by a federal jury for killing a Waverly, VA, officer in April 1998. However, because they pleaded guilty to the same crime in state court, the judge used that as an admission of guilt to determine their sentence.

As a result, they were sentenced to life.

In May, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to restrict the controversial practice of considering acquitted conduct in federal sentencing, and will consider retroactively applying those restrictions for those currently incarcerated for an offense they were acquitted of.

Nailing down an exact number of people currently incarcerated in federal prison who could be impacted by the decision is not simple, but researchers estimate that 1,971 might benefit from retroactive application of the amendment.

Acquitted of Murder Decades Ago, Virginia Man Serving Life Fights for His Freedomcapitalbnews.org A federal judge has allowed Terrence Jerome Richardson to use newly discovered evidence in his petition to have his conviction for killing a police officer overturned.

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