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 guidelines manual issued by the U.S. Sentencing Commission (often referred to as the federal sentencing guidelines), first enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1987 provides recommendations that ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission published proposed amendments to federal guidelines on December 14 that include three potential options to restrict judges' ability to use acquitted conduct at ...

Thousands of federal inmates, who are disproportionately Black and Hispanic, became eligible on Thursday for reduced sentences, and in many cases immediate release from prison following a decision ...

New federal guidelines from the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) are now operational, introducing a more lenient approach to prior marijuana possession convictions.