Joel Castón, who was the first incarcerated person to be elected to office in D.C., could become the first formerly incarcerated person to serve on the D.C. Sentencing Commission.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor condemned the federal sentencing commission’s failure to resolve a circuit split and scolded ...

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 ...

Justice Department should not obstruct compassionate release. With the Sentencing Commission’s new guidance soon to be in effect and binding on federal judges, the DOJ and Attorney General ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Friday in Washington, D.C., to publish proposed changes in how drug offenses ...

Joel Castón, who was convicted of murder at the age of 18, has been appointed to the Washington, D.C., prison sentencing commission that drafts and modifies criminal sentencing guidelines.

The policy approved this month by the low-profile U.S. Sentencing Commission is deep in the legal weeds, giving guidance for federal judges on how to interpret a section of a sweeping bipartisan ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission, a bipartisan panel that creates guidelines for the federal judiciary, voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt an amendment prohibiting judges from using acquitted ...

The Sentencing Commission finally, under Democratic former President Joe Biden, regained a quorum and on a 4-3 vote in April 2023 approved a policy statement which said that changes in law could ...

Len Fasano, who was appointed to the commission to fill a vacancy on May 14 by Republican House Minority Leader Vincent ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Friday in Washington, D.C., to publish proposed changes in how drug offenses — and meth in particular — are punished.