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A Mississippi federal court declared opposition to federal sentencing guidelines for methamphetamine offenses, and sentenced an admitted drug offender lower than prescribed by the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s guidelines.

Citing DEA date, the court rejected the guidelines' reasoning that…

The death penalty in Kentucky has been used sparingly in the last 30-plus years, but its use shows racial biases, according to a new report from local researchers and other experts (view full article).

In cases…

President Biden on Thursday pardoned all people convicted of marijuana possession under federal law and said his administration would review whether marijuana should still be a Schedule 1 drug like heroin and LSD, saying that “makes no sense” (article available…

Grants Pass, Ore. has more homeless residents than shelter beds, forcing some homeless to sleep in public spaces. Easy fix, says the town, we'll just make that illegal. Ninth Circuit: You can't ticket the…

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday,  June 30, 2022, became the U.S. Supreme Court's newest justice, a historic move that makes her the first Black woman to serve on the high court in its 232-year history (…

The long-term cost of the Baltimore Police Department’s notorious and disgraced Gun Trace Task Force to taxpayers just jumped by more than half a million dollars, the result of a newly-…

The D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that a federal judiciary policy, instituted in 2018 by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts forbidding employees from championing political candidates and parties outside of work and organizing to support their campaigns, violates the First Amendment.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday,  June 30, 2022, became the U.S. Supreme Court's newest justice, a historic move that makes her the first Black woman to serve on the high court in its 232-year history (…

People in prisons may bring claims alleging they were denied access to legal materials while they were pursuing civil rights cases from behind bars, the Third Circuit said Wednesday in a precedential opinion setting forth that right to access the courts (…

The United States Sentencing Commission published a new report today titled Recidivism and Federal Bureau of Prisons Programs Vocational Program…