The advisory federal sentencing guidelines play an important role in the sentencing of federal offenders (they do not apply to state offenders). The US Sentencing Commission has proposed that the ...

Dec 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. panel tasked with crafting federal sentencing policy on Friday proposed tougher penalties for crimes involving the addictive opioid fentanyl and changes to how white collar ...

The federal judges of the Southern District of Florida seem to have each decided to go their own way as to whether the Supreme Court's Blakely decision applies to federal sentencing guidelines. Some ...

While the Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington has the federal bar on edge, Texas lawyers have been given breathing room thanks to a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that held ...

A Clearfield County man convicted for his role in a deadly 2019 apartment bombing that killed a woman will now be sentenced ...