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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission released proposed amendments to federal sentencing guidelines last week that would, among other things, limit judges' ability to enhance defendants' sentences based ...

Michael Kestner, 73, who was convicted of 13 fraud felonies last year, faced at least a decade behind bars based on federal sentencing guidelines. He was granted the substantially lightened ...

The bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission met on April 11, 2025, and voted unanimously to publish amendments to federal sentencing guidelines for the amendment cycle, which ends on May 1 ...