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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Changes are coming to federal sentencing guidelines unless Congress votes against them. The bipartisan United ...

The federal sentencing landscape in the United States could undergo a significant transformation with recent amendments to update the United States Sentencing Guidelines that will go into effect on ...

Plans for new sentencing guidelines for offenders from minorities have been delayed after the Government announced draft legislation to block the changes following a row over claims of a “two-tier” ...

The Justice Secretary is calling for new guidance for judges – to consider a defendant’s ethnicity when deciding whether to send them to prison – to be reversed over concerns of “two-tier sentencing”.

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 ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs has joined jail self-improvement programs aimed at curbing drug use and violence against women — a blatant bid to land less prison time at his upcoming sentencing, an expert told ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Changes are coming to federal sentencing guidelines unless Congress votes against them. The bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission met on April 11, 2025, and voted ...