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4 May 2015, 4:39 pm
CRS Report – Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Legislation in the 114th Congress. [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 2:59 pm
For court staff, the new law means a lot of math: The RRRI sentences would be equal to three-fourths of the minimum sentence imposed when the minimum sentence is three years or less, or five-sixths of the minimum sentence if the minimum sentence is more than three years. [read post]
27 May 2009, 5:28 am
§ 3582(c)(2).HELD: USSG § 1B1.10(a)(2)’s limitation on a district court’s authority to reduce a defendant’s sentence is not an unlawful delegation of congressional power to the Sentencing Commission to constrain the resentencing jurisdiction of the district courts.Read the opinion here. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 5:11 pm
He moved to revise and revoke the sentence. [read post]
26 Dec 2019, 6:47 pm
In some cases, however, a sentence is mandatory and must be imposed regardless of a judge’s inclination to impose a lesser sentence. [read post]
21 Apr 2012, 5:28 pm
[JURIST] A North Carolina judge on Friday commuted [order text, PDF] a man's death sentence to a sentence of life in prison without parole after he determined that racial bias was a major influence behind the original sentence 18 years ago. [read post]
29 May 2014, 8:11 am
Perhaps the most common explanation for prison growth is that sentences have simply gotten longer. [read post]
10 Apr 2017, 10:00 am
He sentenced Todd Hanson to eight years and one month. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 10:07 am
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] in two cases: one determining whether a court may modify a sentence when the US Sentencing Commission [official website] has subsequently lowered the sentence range and the other examining the state of mind necessary for finding inducement of patent infringement. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 9:52 am
§3582(c)(2) [text] sentence modification hearings. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 6:45 am
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 [S 1789 materials] would amend existing law to reduce the current sentencing ratio from 100:1 to 18:1. [read post]
11 Nov 2021, 7:12 am
” The bill restores regular sentencing standards for strike offences by allowing the judge to choose a suitable sentence on a case-by-case basis. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 9:17 am
Today's New Orleans Times-Picayune reports, "New Orleans judge voids death sentence for inmate convicted of 1995 triple murder. [read post]
8 Mar 2019, 4:52 pm
PC § 1170 (d) and mitigation of sentence Continue reading [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 10:00 pm
Gomez, now convicted of a felony DUI, will be eligible for parole after serving ¼ of his sentence. [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 2:35 pm
§ 1014 and 152(3).HELD: District court did not abuse its discretion by imposing 48-month sentence where sentencing guidelines range was 6-12 months. 300% upward variance was extreme but reasonable. [read post]
21 Mar 2015, 9:55 am
The First District Court upheld the sentence and the Florida Supreme Court reviewed it de novo. [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 2:59 am
In Singapore last May, Punithan Genasan, a 37-year old from Malaysia, was sentenced to death by hanging via a sentencing hearing held on Zoom. [read post]
1 Aug 2022, 9:10 pm
Steve Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena | Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0) Stays of execution of sentence and bail pending appeal In cases where a person is facing a short sentence, it isn’t unusual for them to request and receive a stay or delay of execution of sentence. [read post]
21 Aug 2018, 7:35 pm
By statute, a sentencing court must impose a sentence “sufficient, but not greater than necessary,” to serve the ends of justice. 18 U.S.C. [read post]
