A new study reveals that, in federal court, Black and Hispanic defendants are less likely than white defendants to receive probation instead of prison. This difference significantly contributes to the ...

The conversation about criminal justice continues with Richard Samp, chief legal counsel for the Washington Legal Foundation, who says the inequality isn't necessarily racial. For the other side of ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the fall of 2021, a group of students at Wake Forest University took part in a class on data-driven advocacy. Their objective was to find a question that was broadly relevant to ...

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 ...

Justice Department seeks quick implementation of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Public defender warns of risk of racial disparities in sentencing March 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. Department of Justice ...

This year, Michigan legislators will consider a ban on life sentences without the possibility of parole for children. As narratives around crime grow more alarmist and separated from the reality that ...

President Joe Biden announced Friday he is commuting 2,500 criminal sentences for nonviolent drug offenses that he described as "disproportionately long" compared to modern-day sentences. Biden said ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Ten Senate Republicans, including North Carolina’s Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, have ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gov. Jared Polis has threatened to veto a bill that would mandate Colorado’s municipal courts conform to state sentencing guidelines, the bill sponsors said.

On May 15, 2007, the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) submitted to Congress its fourth report on federal cocaine sentencing policy. In this latest report, and in every submission since 1995, ...

It's wrong that punishment differs based on the type of cocaine in possession and distribution crimes. The S.C. Legislature has dealt with the issue via Orangeburg Sen. Brad Hutto's legislation that ...