Sentencing Guidelines 'Reasonable,' Justices Rule
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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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Motorists who cause death on the roads could avoid jail under new official sentencing guidelines
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At issue is whether a set of Congressional guidelines or a judge's reasoned judgment should prevail.
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on  Tuesday it would decide the constitutionality of a 2000 federal  law protecting the religious rights of prisoners.
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that federal judges no longer have to abide by the controversial 18-year-old sentencing guidelines.
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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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Judges should be allowed to impose harsher penalties on criminals without jury involvement, a government lawyer told the Supreme Court.
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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The Supreme Court said on Friday it  would decide whether the death penalty can be imposed for the  crime of raping a child, expanding its review of how capital  punishment is carried out in the United States.
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WASHINGTON - 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.    But justices clashed over whether any changes they make would create greater inequity in the federal system...
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The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday, with two hours of arguments on federal sentencing rules and the rejection of some 1,800 appeals, including a challenge by telemarketers to the government's popular do-not-call list.
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The US Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday, with the government&#39;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 Supreme Court ruled yesterday that family members wearing buttons bearing the image of their slain  loved one did not compromise his killer's right to a fair trial.
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Experts said a Supreme Court decision will make juries in death penalty cases whiter and more conviction-prone.
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Allowing federal judges great leeway in sentencing criminals does not have to breed chaos, according to judges and sentencing specialists in states that already have such systems.
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A narrow majority of Supreme Court justices appeared to signal yesterday that they intend to strike down the death penalty for teenage murderers
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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.