People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...

As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden drafted the Senate version of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement ...

Former U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 people on federal death row to life imprisonment. A ...

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In President Trump’s first week, the new administration revoked Biden-era Department of Justice policies designed to mitigate ...

A federal judge calls for giving New York state judges the ability to reevaluate sentences in cases where a person has ...

President Biden has commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, making it the most extensive use of this power by a US president. The move addresses ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Friday in Washington, D.C., to publish proposed changes in how drug offenses ...

“This action is an important step toward righting historic wrongs, correcting sentencing disparities, and providing deserving individuals the opportunity to return to their families and ...

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