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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland issued new guidance on Friday essentially eliminating the disparity in federal sentencing for the distribution of crack cocaine versus powder cocaine, a policy that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the state's new guidelines, juvenile convictions that are 10 years or older should no longer be considered when ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Negotiators in the U.S. Senate have reached a tentative deal to narrow sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine and plan to tuck the measure into a bill ...

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 ...