President Joe Biden's administration took some steps to discourage mandatory minimum sentences. But in other cases, Biden opposed efforts to reduce them, and he did not support or introduce ...

Gwen Levi walks with her head held high down a busy section of downtown Baltimore. The 77-year-old grandmother is headed for her job at the local library. Levi's life lately is a far cry from where ...

ADDING MORE PROVISIONS TO THE BILL AND HOPES IT CAN PASS. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ATTEMPTING A COMPROMISE ON A BILL TO IMPOSE MANDATORY MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCES FOR POSSESSION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The N.J. Supreme Court just clarified gun sentencing law. In back-to-back rulings, the New Jersey Supreme Court narrowed the scope ...

A plan that would both toughen sentences for fentanyl crimes and relax penalties for hallucinogenic mushroom possession in New Hampshire died in the State House on Thursday. Gov. Kelly Ayotte has ...

A Pennsylvania Representative is looking to increase the mandatory minimum sentence for those convicted of homicide by ...

BISMARCK — People convicted of human trafficking crimes in North Dakota could see mandatory minimum prison sentences after the Senate approved a bill Tuesday, April 1, establishing stricter penalties ...

As part of his stern stance on illegal immigration, Donald Trump plans to have his administration impose mandatory minimum sentences on people convicted of illegally re-entering the country. Trump has ...