FARGO - Dana Deegan is serving a 10-year sentence for placing her newborn son in a basket and abandoning him for two weeks, allowing him to die. Deegan, who was 25 years old when her son died in 1998 ...

The US Sentencing Commission attempted to expand compassionate release for prisoners in 2023. The Supreme Court just shot ...

At last week’s sentencing of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, the government recommended a 36-month prison sentence. Despite the serious nature of Zhao’s crimes – failing to maintain an effective ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study reveals that, in federal court, Black and Hispanic defendants are less likely than white defendants to receive ...

Ohio lawmakers and grieving families demand tougher penalties for killing someone with a car. Current laws result in much ...

The conversation about criminal justice continues with Richard Samp, chief legal counsel for the Washington Legal Foundation, who says the inequality isn't necessarily racial. For the other side of ...

Lawmakers are making a last-ditch push to pass legislation that seeks to reduce — but not entirely erase — sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine offenses before the year is finished.

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Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The EQUAL Act is a bill before Congress that would eliminate the sentencing disparity ...

PHOENIX – The Arizona House unanimously passed a bill last week that would eliminate sentencing disparities between crack and powdered cocaine. Under current state law, it takes 9 grams of cocaine ...