The US Sentencing Commission passed a retroactive amendment to subtract two points from the sentencing guideline calculation for many with no past criminal history. Yesterday, the United States ...

The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines play an enormous role in federal sentencing. While courts are not required to follow the guidelines, the guidelines remain the starting point for determining a defendant ...

Federal judges will be limited from enhancing defendants' sentences based on conduct a jury acquitted them of, a practice that has drawn condemnation from a wide range of civil liberties groups, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Lex Villena; Wisconsinart / Dreamstime.com A government panel could soon limit a little-known but outrageous ...

On April 27, 2023, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted to Congress amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines that would recommend lower sentences for certain defendants. If these ...

On December 26, 2023, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (“USSC”) proposed several amendments to its Guidelines Manual (the “Guidelines”). Two of these proposed amendments have the potential to especially ...

The Sentencing Commission is considering changing how federal prisoners can request compassionate release, a program essential to inmates with a terminally illness or other extraordinary circumstance.

WASHINGTON — Following days of backlash, the Chairman of the DC Council, Phil Mendelson, decided to delay the vote for his nominee to serve in the District's Sentencing Commission that was scheduled ...

WASHINGTON — The DC Council made history on Tuesday by appointing Joel Castón to D.C.'s Sentencing Commission. He becomes the first person who spent time in prison to become one of the 17 members of ...

A planned D.C. Council vote on a nominee to the city’s criminal sentencing commission was postponed Tuesday amid criticism from the District’s top prosecutor, who has argued that a man who spent 27 ...