Advocates for changes to the laws say mandatory minimum sentencing does not allow a judge to consider unique circumstances surrounding a case. Gwen Levi walks with her head held high down a busy ...

Check out the 10 most outrageous mandatory minimum sentences, highlighting the complexities of the justice system.

In their Sentencing Guidelines column, Covington & Burling's Alan Vinegrad and Jason Levine write: Mandatory minimum sentences have, for years, been the subject of complaints from the bench, the ...

Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Obama Administration is expanding their mandatory sentencing reforms to cases where charges have already been filed, during a Congressional Black Caucus ...

A bill on it’s way from the Pennsylvania senate to the house could change the legislation for anyone who attempts to injure ...

While the Obama administration has spent the past several months rolling out piecemeal sentencing reforms for non-violent drug offenders, states have already taken a hatchet to mandatory minimum ...

The Iowa House and Senate are sending a bill to the governor that increases the required minimum sentence for repeat felony offenders.

BELIEVES MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND THAT CHANGE CAN COME FROM INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE. < "WHEN A PERSON IS HANDING OUT THIS POISON, THEY MUST BE PROSECUTED."> MANCHESTER MAYOR JAY RUAIS BACKING TWO ...

BISMARCK — The North Dakota House of Representatives voted Thursday, Jan. 30 to impose a minimum for the amount of time convicted human traffickers spend behind bars. Human trafficking is an umbrella ...