The Supreme Court hears three cases about whether the First Step Act applies to certain circumstances for reducing sentences.

A shift in reasoning at the Second Circuit recognizing the importance of a defendant’s right to be present for all things at sentencing marks a move in the right direction. Many years ago, in State v.

For 30 years or more I have been compiling an annual booklet summarizing all the “Criminal Law and Related Decisions” of the Supreme Court, published every summer by the Criminal Law Section of the ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. First up is Rico v. United States. In 2018, Isabel Rico left her federal ...

Opinion: Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial tested an amendment to federal sentencing guidelines designed to limit the use of ...

An Ohio lawmaker wants judges to consider a defendant’s immigration status when they set conditions for bail or hand down criminal sentences. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania ...

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Circuit judges sitting en banc voted 14-1 on Thursday to overturn the ruling, the 1999 decision United States v. Truscello, explaining that it denied defendants the opportunity to be informed and ...