Whether District Court Judge Castel and the Second Circuit Appeals Court perpetuated continued systemic racism by contending that Congress left out the factors that a court should consider in exercising its discretion to reduce a black defendant's sentence under Section 404 of the First Step Act when Congress purpose of the statue obviously did not intend to set forth any additional or so-called factors the Second Circuit believed was left out and therefore, the district court was correct to assemble its own factors that minimized the unwarranted disparity in mandatory minimum triggering quantities for crack cocaine offenders?

Whether District Court Judge Castel and the Second Circuit Appeals Court perpetuated continued systemic racism by contending that Congress left out the factors that a court should consider in exercising its discretion to reduce a black defendant's sentence under Section 404 of the First Step Act