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

Ruby Corado’s attorneys told a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that incarcerating her would be “uniquely destructive.” ...

Only sentencing guideline aficionados would have paid close attention to yesterday morning’s decision in Beckles v. United States, which came more than three months after the oral argument. In Beckles ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

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A fight is brewing in England over new sentencing guidelines that require judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity and faith before deciding whether to sentence them to jail. The guidelines, critics ...

JURIST Guest Columnist Randall D. Eliason of the George Washington University Law School discusses DOJ’s recent opposition to relaxed sentencing guidelines … At the hearing the US Department of ...

When a federal district court sentences a defendant under an incorrect Sentencing Guidelines range, the defendant ordinarily is entitled to a resentencing, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 on Monday in ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Starting July 1, new sentencing guidelines go into effect in Virginia. This means a person could see fewer years in jail based on three factors: A person could receive a lower ...

Opinion: sentencing guidelines can help create a smarter criminal justice system – if we have the courage to seize this opportunity People generally appreciate that crime has societal causes, ...