Low-level crack cocaine defendants should benefit from a 2018 federal law that reduced prison sentences for certain offenses, the Biden administration advised the Supreme Court, distancing itself from a more hardline position taken by the Trump administration. Although then-President Donald Trump signed the criminal justice reform measure known as the First Step Act into law, his administration held the view that possession of a small amount of crack cocaine was not covered under the statute. Acting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar let the high court know in a March 15 letter about a pending case that the new administration has reversed course and now takes the position that defendant Tarahrick Terry qualifies for a sentence reduction. “The purpose of this letter is to notify the Court that the United States has reconsidered that [Trump administration] position and will no longer defend the judgment of the court of appeals,” Prelogar wrote. “Following …