A federal judge rejected a joint agreement for the minimum sentence for a former Omro alderman convicted of receiving child pornography.

A sweeping criminal justice proposal moving through Virginia’s Democratic-led legislature is sparking sharp debate over whether the state should loosen ...

OPPOSITION AT THE STATEHOUSE. NEW HAMPSHIRE’S OPIOID CRISIS NOW STRETCHES BACK ALMOST A FULL DECADE. A NEW GOVERNOR WILL INHERIT THE FIGHT IN JANUARY. KELLY AYOTTE DID A RIDE ALONG WITH AMR IN ...

ADDING MORE PROVISIONS TO THE BILL AND HOPES IT CAN PASS. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ATTEMPTING A COMPROMISE ON A BILL TO IMPOSE MANDATORY MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCES FOR POSSESSION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to address concerns with mandatory minimum prison penalties. The commission action follows a Justice Department policy ...

In an uncommon show of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats on the Arizona Senate’s Judiciary and Elections Committee ...

While the Obama administration has spent the past several months rolling out piecemeal sentencing reforms for non-violent drug offenders, states have already taken a hatchet to mandatory minimum ...

In a letter to lawmakers, the New Jersey Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission recommended four basic sentencing reforms, including an end to mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug ...

"We do have a revolving door problem in Iowa," the bill's sponsor said.