A cornerstone of the federal sentencing guidelines is the concept ... To take an example from the guidelines manual, if a defendant engages in three drug sales of 10, 15 and 20 grams as part ...

Compassionate release motions effectively have become parole or sentence review hearings, a former federal prosecutor writes.

When imposing a sentence, federal judges lean heavily on the range of sentences available to them under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines’ Sentencing Table. A number of factors such as the ...