The United States Sentencing Commission’s new guidelines come into effect on November 1, 2026, and may result in shorter ...

The United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously recently to adopt a package of "good government" amendments ...

This article discusses Amendment 821 to the Sentencing Guidelines, which went into effect on November 1, 2023, adding a new “zero-point offender” adjustment. The white-collar bar lauded this amendment ...

WEBVTT AND SPANISH. NEXT - ANOTHER BIG STORY ABOUT HOW LONG SOME CRIMINALS HAVE TO STAY BEHIND BARS. HOURS OF DEBATE TODAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL OVER MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES IN NEBRASKA. KETV ...

(CN) - The Supreme Court on Thursday took up the issue of how to handle a lower court's use of incorrect sentencing guidelines for a deportee convicted of being in the country illegally. Saul ...

In a blow to the Justice Department, a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that federal judges do not have to abide by the controversial federal criminal sentencing code adopted in 1987. Justice ...

As it stands in Aotearoa New Zealand, beneficiary fraud (fraud by people on benefits) is largely dealt with under the Crimes Act, while tax evasion is prosecuted under the Tax Administration Act. This ...