Given the recent momentum behind drug sentencing reform, the possibility that 51,000 federal prisoners will be eligible to apply for reduced sentences in November seems ever more likely, causing many ...

(Reuters) -The federal judge in Virginia assigned to hear former FBI Director James Comey's criminal case is an ex-public defender who advocated for sentencing reform and was appointed to the bench by ...

The Conservatives say more than 2,000 prisoners serving sentences for rape, stalking and grooming will have their jail time cut because of the government's new sentencing plan. The government's ...

Around 100 people gathered at Yale’s Afro-American Cultural Center Wednesday to listen to a panel that spoke about juvenile sentencing reform and their own experiences with incarceration. The ...

On November 1, 2025, the most recent amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual went into effect. Among other changes, the amendments streamline the sentencing process from three steps to two ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed a bill that would significantly lower mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug offenses and allow judges to use more discretion when ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A House committee has wrapped up a series of hearings on crime among kids and teens in South Carolina. Lawmakers in the Ad Hoc committee wanted to figure to ways to address crime, ...

On Tuesday, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services took a small step toward addressing the state’s prison overcrowding crisis by announcing it is seeking requests for information for the ...

The federal Liberals tabled their highly-anticipated bail and sentencing reform legislation Thursday, which makes dozens of changes to the Criminal Code the government says will make it harder for ...