One often hears the term “sentencing guidelines” when following a federal criminal case. But what are they and how do they ...

In another first, the child of a president was convicted on three felony charges. A jury in Delaware found Hunter Biden guilty on two counts of making false statements regarding his drug use when ...

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A government panel could soon limit a little-known but outrageous practice that allows federal judges to enhance defendants' sentences based on conduct a jury acquitted them of. The U.S. Sentencing ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A prosecutor on Friday assured a Ninth Circuit appeals panel that federal sentencing guidelines don’t include thoughtcrime. The argument arose in the case of a French national who ...

Sentencing hearings for the officers convicted, and those that entered guilty pleas, in the Tyre Nichols federal criminal case have been postponed to the summer, federal Judge Mark S. Norris ruled ...

CHARLESTON (WCIV) — Convicted murder and confessed fraudster Alex Murdaugh soon will face another round of sentencing for his litany of crimes. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel has scheduled a ...