Court to take up sentencing
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A possible revolution in the federal criminal justice system will be on the agenda when the Supreme Court opens its new term tomorrow.
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The Supreme Court begins its new term today by moving to clear up confusion over the future of federal sentencing rules that have been in place for nearly two decades.
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The Supreme Court returned for another term Monday and wasted no time getting down to business, appearing poised to alter the system used for sentencing 64,000 federal criminal defendants a year.
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The Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to alter the system used for sentencing 64,000 federal criminal defendants a year, but justices clashed over whether changes would create greater inequity.
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Georgia's high court hears a case Friday concerning merits of a 10-year sentence for a sordid but unforced act.
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The U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday that will decide important cases on federal sentencing rules, the death penalty for juveniles and the medical use of marijuana.
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Los Angeles judge may instruct jury to go back and try to reach verdict on a reduced charge of manslaughter.
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A former nurse who admitted killing 17 patients at hospitals in two states must attend a sentencing hearing where he will face the families of six of his alleged victims, a judge ruled.
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Courts must impose maximum sentences after road deaths, a Lanarkshire mother says.
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A federal court agreed yesterday to rehear a case that aims to get terminally ill patients early access to experimental drugs unlikely to be approved before they die.
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The U.S. Supreme Court opened its  new term on Monday, with the government's top courtroom lawyer  trying to save the long-standing federal rules used to sentence  about 1,200 criminals each week.
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The man serving a life sentence for the murders of a mother and her daughter is to begin his second bid at the Court of Appeal to overturn his conviction.
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The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously yesterday to give federal inmates incarcerated for crack cocaine offenses a chance to reduce their sentences, paving the way for about 3,800 prisoners to petition for an early release in the next year.
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The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that criminal sentences within guidelines set by a federal commission are generally entitled to be upheld on appeal, a decision that limits legal options for defendants who feel that they have been punished too harshly.
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Several Supreme Court justices suggested Monday that federal sentencing guidelines violate the Constitution&#39;s guarantee of a jury trial because they allow judges
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With thousands of prison sentences on the line, the Supreme Court will decide whether judges have too much power to tack on extra cell time in a case that one justice said could wreak havoc on courthouses nationwide.
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Why a Supreme Court ruling on sentencing guidelines puts more power back on the bench