Ahead of the sentencing of retired DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni, prosecutors and defense attorneys are arguing what facts are ...

The D.C. Council has put off considering the appointment of a former prison inmate and convicted murderer to the city’s criminal sentencing commission.

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. The vote sets in motion ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor condemned the federal sentencing commission’s failure to resolve a circuit split and scolded Tennessee courts for their “untenable” approach to manslaughter jury instructions.

The seven-person sentencing commission, brought back into action last year with President Joe Biden’s appointments, found common ground on new judicial guidelines addressing fentanyl-laced ...

DC Council Chairmen Phil Mendelson decided to delay the vote for Joel Castón, a former ANC Commissioner who served 27 years behind bars for murder.

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 U.S. Sentencing Commission, back in action after more than three years without enough voting members, is advancing a broad set of proposals to make federal criminal sentencing more consistent ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission published proposed amendments to federal guidelines on December 14 that include three potential options to restrict judges' ability to use acquitted conduct at ...

U.S. Sentencing Commission holds first public meeting in nearly four years Panel votes to prioritize implementing First Step Act (Reuters) - Federal judges could soon have clearer guidance on when ...

The United States Sentencing Commission had proposed changing federal guidelines to lessen the average sentence for drug dealers by about one year, to 51 months from 62 months. By Matt Apuzzo ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission took a significant step to lower sentences for federal methamphetamine crimes.