On November 1, 2025, the most recent amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual went into effect. Among other changes, the amendments streamline the sentencing process from three steps to two ...

The advisory federal sentencing guidelines play an important role in the sentencing of federal offenders (they do not apply to state offenders). The US Sentencing Commission has proposed that the ...

The federal sentencing landscape in the United States could undergo a significant transformation with recent amendments to update the United States Sentencing Guidelines that will go into effect on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Changes are coming to federal sentencing guidelines unless Congress votes against them. The bipartisan United ...

While the Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington has the federal bar on edge, Texas lawyers have been given breathing room thanks to a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that held ...

Local Government Association argues fly tipping sentencing is failing to reflect the seriousness of the offence, the ...