Can we say that a court would abuse its discretion by granting someone compassionate release on this record?

Nor can we say, as a matter of law, that a court would abuse its discretion by granting someone compassionate release on this record. It bears remembering that compassionate release is a misnomer. 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) in fact speaks of sentence reductions. A district court could, for instance, reduce but not eliminate a defendant's prison sentence, or end the term of imprisonment but impose a significant term of probation or supervised release in its place. Id. Beyond this, a district court's discretion in this areaas in all sentencing mattersis broad. See United States v. Cavera , 550 F.3d 180, 188 (2d Cir. 2008) (en banc) (noting a district court's "very wide latitude" in sentencing). The only statutory limit on what a court may consider to be extraordinary and compelling ⁵

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