Koch-Backed Group Urges ‘Second Chance’ in SCOTUS Drug Case

A diverse coalition of groups that includes the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity Foundation wants the Supreme Court to rule for the criminal defendant in a case coming up for argument and decision this term.

The case, Terry v. United States, “is about whether individuals who have languished in prison for committing low-level crack offenses deserve a chance at a second chance more than a decade after they were originally sentenced,” the limited-government group said in an amicus brief. “We believe the answer must be ‘yes.’”

Its brief is among several filed Friday supporting Tarahrick Terry’s sentencing quest by, ...