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 ...

In 1994, and with an incredible 72 percent in favor, Californians passed Proposition 184. This proposition strengthened a habitual offenders law that provides higher sentences for those with two ...

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 ...

The bill’s mandatory minimums would apply if a person is convicted of human or child trafficking in adult court, Amber Otis, senior staff attorney with the Wisconsin Legislative Council, wrote in a ...

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 ...

7News is taking a closer look at some of the legislation that Democrats in Virginia are focusing on from the start. That includes House Bill 863, which, as it stands right now, would reduce mandatory ...