The United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously recently to adopt a package of "good government" amendments ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. Most all federal inmates will one day leave prison and most ...

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take on a case that could significantly impact how federal sentencing guidelines ...

I am Alan D. Viard, a senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. I write to comment on the commission’s proposed inflationary adjustment to the loss tables ...

On November 1, 2025, the most recent amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual went into effect. Among other changes, the amendments streamline the sentencing process from three steps to two ...

The United States Sentencing Commission on Wednesday voted to enact amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines, expanding the eligibility for prisoners to seek compassionate release. “Today, we ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during the John P. Frank Memorial Lecture at Gammage Auditorium at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, on January 23, 2017. (Credit Gage ...

Sukhmani Singh at the Connecticut Sentencing Commission Sukhmani Singh, assistant professor in the UConn School of Social Work, presents findings from her participatory, mixed-methods study on ...