Jurist

The US Sentencing Commission Votes for Fundamental Fixes to the Sentencing Guidelines

JURIST Guest Columnists Alan Ellis and Mark H. Allenbaugh, discuss the US Sentencing Commission votes for fundamental fixes to the US Sentencing Guidelines … On April 9, 2015, the US Sentencing ...
JD Supra

U.S. Sentencing Commission Data on Money Laundering and BSA-Related Offenses Reveals: Courts Often Sentence Below the Guidelines Range

Sentencing is a critical stage in the federal criminal process, particularly given the incredibly high rate of guilty pleas in federal court. There is a very strong argument that sentencing far ...
JD Supra

2025 Update to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: A Streamlined Two-Step Process

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 ...
Reuters

US sentencing panel proposes sentencing changes for fentanyl, fraud cases

Dec 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. panel tasked with crafting federal sentencing policy on Friday proposed tougher penalties for crimes involving the addictive opioid fentanyl and changes to how white collar ...
SCOTUSblog

Opinion analysis: Court immunizes advisory sentencing guidelines against vagueness challenges

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Only sentencing guideline aficionados would have paid close attention to yesterday morning’s decision in Beckles v. United ...