A prisoner may raise a credible claim of actual innocence in a compassionate release motion under §3582(c)(1)(A), but only if the claim is supported by new evidence not previously available and the prisoner shows diligence.

Verified Values for America participants only: national results count accounts with a verified email; state and district results count only those who also attested a home ZIP code. Participants choose to take part, so this is not a random sample or a poll of all residents; ± is the 95% sampling margin and does not correct for self-selection. A breakdown publishes at 30 verified votes. Methodology.