WASHINGTON — Lawmakers urged President Joe Biden in a letter Monday to commute the sentences of people who are affected by disparities in sentences for offenses involving crack and powder cocaine. "I ...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with how to give judges discretion to impose shorter prison terms without abandoning the national goal of similar punishments for similar crimes. In a ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) C. Clare Strange, Drexel University (THE CONVERSATION) Pennsylvania’s new sentencing ...
In a pair of important decisions Monday, the Supreme Court gave federal trial judges much greater latitude to deviate from federal sentencing guidelines. In one of the decisions, the Court voted 7-2 ...
On the campaign trail, candidate Barack Obama pledged to "eliminate disparity in sentencing for crack and cocaine." Under the current law, possession of five grams of crack cocaine triggers an ...
Assistant Research Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, Drexel University Pennsylvania’s new sentencing guidelines went into effect on Jan. 1, 2024. They mark the eighth iteration since the ...
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