Attorney General Merrick Garland told prosecutors in December to promote the equal treatment of crack and powder cocaine offenses and limit the use of mandatory minimum sentences. These steps are in ...

In their Sentencing Guidelines column, Covington & Burling's Alan Vinegrad and Jason Levine write: Mandatory minimum sentences have, for years, been the subject of complaints from the bench, the ...

In 1994, and with an incredible 72 percent in favor, Californians passed Proposition 184. This proposition strengthened a habitual offenders law that provides higher sentences for those with two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a surprise collapse and a political setback for Gov. Kelly Ayotte, House and Senate negotiators failed to reach agreement on ...

A key House committee endorsed minimum mandatory prison terms for drug sellers who cause death or possess significant amounts of fentanyl, but with an escape hatch that would let a judge issue a ...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s priority bill to impose mandatory prison terms for fentanyl dealers or those distributing a drug that results in a fatal overdose failed in the state Senate after barely making ...

I sat down in front of the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) yesterday afternoon to testify about the harmful effects of mandatory minimum sentencing. In 1991, the USSC delivered a report to ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Ohio lawmakers are intensifying efforts to combat the spread of fentanyl by proposing stricter penalties for drug dealers. State Rep. Phil Plummer, a former Montgomery County ...

Bill O’Reilly opened his show tonight by talking about “hidden agendas” from the left. Although some talk of Occupy Wall Street was sprinkled here and there, the segment focused on O’Reilly’s outrage ...

A Staunton man convicted in August is facing a minimum of 30 years in prison after a judge denied a motion to set aside his ...