The Government must conduct a particularized inquiry into the original sentencing
To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, section 2, Sec. 2.
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The Government must conduct a particularized inquiry into the original sentencing
The document says “shall”Who acts: United States attorneysHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“For any motion under paragraph (1), the Government shall conduct a particularized inquiry of the facts and circumstances of the original sentencing of the covered prisoner in order to assess whether a reduction in sentence would be consistent with this section.”
A duty placed on the Government rather than the court. For any motion to reduce a term of imprisonment, it must conduct a particularized inquiry into the facts and circumstances of the original sentencing, to assess whether a reduction would be consistent with the section.
What the document actually says
“For any motion under paragraph (1), the Government shall conduct a particularized inquiry of the facts and circumstances of the original sentencing of the covered prisoner in order to assess whether a reduction in sentence would be consistent with this section.”
That sentence, in plain words
The government must take a close look at how the sentence was set at the time. It then says if a shorter term fits this law.
What this is about
This is work the government must do for each ask. It cannot just say no. It has to look at the facts of that one case.
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Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, Public Law 119-73, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 2003 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ73/html/PLAW-119publ73.htm
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“The Government must conduct a particularized inquiry into the original sentencing,” Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/trafficking-survivors-relief-act/proposal/sec02-particularized-inquiry/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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