Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The N.J. Supreme Court just clarified gun sentencing law. In back-to-back rulings, the New Jersey Supreme Court narrowed the scope ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a surprise collapse and a political setback for Gov. Kelly Ayotte, House and Senate negotiators failed to reach agreement on ...

ADDING MORE PROVISIONS TO THE BILL AND HOPES IT CAN PASS. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ATTEMPTING A COMPROMISE ON A BILL TO IMPOSE MANDATORY MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCES FOR POSSESSION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL, ...

TO SET A HIGHER BAR FOR THIS PARTICULAR CRIME. I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST STATES ON THIS ISSUE. GOVERNOR KELLY AYOTTE IS URGING STATE REPS TO PASS A PAIR OF SENATE BILLS AIMED AT CRACKING DOWN ...

In their Sentencing Guidelines column, Covington & Burling's Alan Vinegrad and Jason Levine write: Mandatory minimum sentences have, for years, been the subject of complaints from the bench, the ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland told prosecutors in December to promote the equal treatment of crack and powder cocaine offenses and limit the use of mandatory minimum sentences. These steps are in ...

In his first year in office, President Joe Biden did not push for legislation that would repeal federal mandatory minimum sentences. As a candidate, Biden promised major changes to the American ...

I sat down in front of the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) yesterday afternoon to testify about the harmful effects of mandatory minimum sentencing. In 1991, the USSC delivered a report to ...

Bill would raise mandatory minimum from 3 years to 20 years for repeat felony offenders ...