The federal sentencing landscape in the United States could undergo a significant transformation with recent amendments to ...

An emergency law to override new rules about how to sentence offenders from ethnic minorities will not be passed before Easter, government sources have confirmed.Guidelines due to come into effect in ...

A divided federal appeals court ruled that a policy adopted in 2023 by the U.S. Sentencing Commission which allowed judges to ...

This latest pendulum swing in Ohio’s criminal sentencing laws created a new class of incarcerated people who risk not only solitary confinement and loss of privileges, but also longer prison stays for ...

"I will change the law to ensure fairness for all in our courts." Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick claimed the Sentencing Council had "folded under the pressure" after he had ...

The new law will "be very focused on the specific guidelines and specifically the bits we don't like about them," the source said. In a letter to the Sentencing Council, an independent public body ...

Robert Crimo sentenced to life for Highland Park shooting as Illinois Supreme Court upholds law limiting venue for lawsuits.

The Sentencing Guidelines explicitly reward a defendant ... practices white-collar criminal defense law as senior counsel at Petrillo Klein & Boxer. He is the author of “Blindfolds Off: Judges ...

Several bills making their way through the Oklahoma Legislature target punishments for some violent crimes, including domestic violence and murder.