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Waivers of Compassionate Release in Plea Bargains: The Need for Administrative Action to Prevent Unfair Sentencing
Ellen A. Wiencek
Ellen A. Wiencek is an Articles Editor of The University of Chicago Law Review and a J.D. Candidate in the University of Chicago Law School Class of 2022. She received her B.A. from Washington and Lee University in 2015. Ellen worked in the Federal Public Defenders Office for the Southern District of Illinois in the summer of 2020, where she drafted many motions for compassionate release.

Ellen thanks the Online Editors for their helpful comments on this piece.

Judge Charles Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California made headlines in May of 2020 with his decision to reject a plea agreement in United States v. Osorto (2020).

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