JD Supra

Recalibrating Economic Crime Sentencing: The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Proposed Reforms to Section 2B1.1 and What They Mean for the Defense Bar

Federal sentencing for fraud and theft offenses has long been dominated by a single metric: monetary loss. Section 2B1.1 of ...
Law

In Sentencing Reform Push, A Debate Over Process

Given the recent momentum behind drug sentencing reform, the possibility that 51,000 federal prisoners will be eligible to apply for reduced sentences in November seems ever more likely, causing many ...
Yahoo

Biden-appointed judge hearing FBI director Comey's case advocated for sentencing reform

(Reuters) -The federal judge in Virginia assigned to hear former FBI Director James Comey's criminal case is an ex-public defender who advocated for sentencing reform and was appointed to the bench by ...
Tucson Weekly

At Least Ducey Mentioned Some Interest in Prison Sentencing Reform During State of the State

During his State of the State speech in Phoenix Monday, Gov. Doug Ducey expressed interest in prison sentencing reform, and reducing the state’s prison population. Ducey, who’s starting his second ...
AOL

Thousands of criminals could be released early under government sentencing reform, Tories say

The Conservatives say more than 2,000 prisoners serving sentences for rape, stalking and grooming will have their jail time cut because of the government's new sentencing plan. The government's ...
Aclu.org

Major Sentencing Reform Bill Moves to Senate Floor

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed a bill that would significantly lower mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug offenses and allow judges to use more discretion when ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Delays in sentencing reform come at costs to public safety

Missouri Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. and state Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee’s Summit, fell a little short in persuading the Missouri Legislature to reform the state’s criminal sentencing laws.