Revised Federal Sentencing Rules Offer a White Collar Respite

Opinion: Proposed amendments to federal sentencing guidelines make it imperative that white collar defendants and their ...
American Enterprise Institute

The Federal Sentencing Guidelines Should Be Updated for Income Growth

The advisory federal sentencing guidelines play an important role in the sentencing of federal offenders (they do not apply to state offenders). The US Sentencing Commission has proposed that the ...
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U.S. Sentencing Commission approves revisions to federal sentencing guidelines

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Changes are coming to federal sentencing guidelines unless Congress votes against them. The bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission met on April 11, 2025, and voted ...
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Court Gives Federal Judges Discretion in Sentencing

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for judges to use their discretion in imposing sentences that deviate from federal sentencing guidelines, ruling that lenient sentences were appropriate in ...
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5th Circuit Says 'Blakely' Doesn't Apply to Sentencing Guidelines

While the Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington has the federal bar on edge, Texas lawyers have been given breathing room thanks to a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that held ...
The National Law Review

Recalibrating Economic Crime Sentencing: The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Proposed Reforms to Section 2B1.1 and What They Mean for the Defense Bar

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Federal Judge in Miami Rules Sentencing Guidelines Unconstitutional

The federal judges of the Southern District of Florida seem to have each decided to go their own way as to whether the Supreme Court's Blakely decision applies to federal sentencing guidelines. Some ...