Banfield was found guilty of murdering his wife and a stranger in a plot planned with his au pair back in 2023 after a ...

Prosecutors said the scheme began in 2023 and involved multiple co-conspirators. They carried out a series of fraudulent ...

Paris Shears is calling for the removal of sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases A victim of domestic violence who is campaigning for a review of sentencing guidelines ...

In March we reported on the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s proposed amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (the “Guidelines”).[1] (2026 Proposed Amendments To The Federal Sentencing ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission has passed a proposed amendment adjusting how fraud victims' losses are determined for inflation. This is the first revision to account for inflation since 2015, the ...

April 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. panel tasked with crafting federal sentencing policy on Thursday adopted new guidelines for punishing white-collar criminals, adjusting for inflation how fraud victims' ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri House committee voted to advance a bill that tightens prison sentencing standards in the state. House Bill 3155, sponsored by Rep. Bennie Cook, R-Houston, sets new minimum ...

The advisory federal sentencing guidelines play an important role in the sentencing of federal offenders (they do not apply to state offenders). The US Sentencing Commission has proposed that the ...

Selecting an offense and calculating the base offense level Applying specific offense characteristics (SOCs) Applying Chapter 3 adjustments (role, obstruction, acceptance) Displaying the final offense ...

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 ...

A judicial group has been formed to draw up directions on how the courts should sentence offenders. Larry Mussenden, the Chief Justice of Bermuda, announced the creation of the Sentencing Guidelines ...

An attorney for singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura — who dated Combs for about a decade, and whose testimony was crucial in helping prosecutors earn a conviction against him — released a statement ...