Since the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Watts, 19 US 148 (1997), judges have been permitted to consider acquitted conduct when calculating a defendant’s sentencing guidelines range and ...

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 ...

This article discusses Amendment 821 to the Sentencing Guidelines, which went into effect on November 1, 2023, adding a new “zero-point offender” adjustment. The white-collar bar lauded this amendment ...

The 2015 Federal Sentencing Guidelines amendments, effective last month, reflect the U.S. Sentencing Commission's interest in better accounting for victim harm and individual culpability to make ...

A government panel could soon limit a little-known but outrageous practice that allows federal judges to enhance defendants' sentences based on conduct a jury acquitted them of. The U.S. Sentencing ...

In his Sentencing Guidelines column, Covington & Burling partner Alan Vinegrad reviews amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines announced last week that include increases in punishments for ...

In January, the U.S. Sentencing Commission announced proposed amendments to federal drug sentencing guidelines, including lowering the highest base offense level for drug sentences. The proposal also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Changes are coming to federal sentencing guidelines unless Congress votes against them. The bipartisan United ...