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Yesterday, the United States Sentencing Commission issued a press release announcing …

President Biden has appointed more than 62 Black judges, including 40 Black women, who are now serving lifetime appointments on the federal bench.

Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Tiffany Rene Johnson to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, making her the…

Pope Francis appealed on Sunday for U.S. authorities to commute the sentences of death row prisoners, in an unusual request during his weekly Sunday prayer in St. Peter's Square (…

With no fanfare, Sandra Hemme, the Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison for a murder she did not commit, is finally free of the legal system (access full article…

The Commission released its Preliminary FY24 Fourth Quarterly Sentencing Update.

In FY24, 61,137 individuals were…

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has appointed Richard McWilliams as the next Federal Public Defender for the District of Nebraska.

McWilliams brings over 14 years of experience as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Omaha. A graduate of the University of…

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed MacArthur Justice Center Executive Director Amir Ali to the federal trial court in Washington, D.C. (…

President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office is putting a spotlight on the U.S. penitentiary in Terre Haute, which houses federal death row. (access full article)

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the DEA will cease its "cold consent encounters" at airports, during which agents demand to search people's bags while telling them things like, "I don't need your consent." The suspension…

An indigent criminal defendant has a right to a public defender for many aspects of the criminal process, but not necessarily for all aspects. For example, what about an appeal of a denial of the reduction of a sentence based on certain retroactive amendments to the U.S. Sentencing…