So-called switches, which turn handguns into automatic weapons that can fire 20 bullets a second, are "beyond terrifying," Judge Iain Johnston warns.

As the first weeks of President Donald J. Trump’s presidency devolve into chaos within the federal government, the Next ...

Jurors didn't find a drug dealer responsible for the deaths of his customers, but prosecutors urged a judge to send him to ...

State Rep. Alex Zimmerman’s (R-North Vernon) bill capping the maximum term of incarceration for misdemeanor consecutive ...

A Murfreesboro, Tennessee man admitted he was responsible for an early morning wreck on the Natchez Trace Parkway last summer ...

The judge overseeing Menendez's case said a lengthy sentence was warranted to serve as both punishment and a deterrent to ...

Maryland’s highest court has suspended attorney Stephen L. Snyder’s law license following his federal conviction for ...

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

An Altoona man’s incarceration time for drug-trafficking and firearm offenses has been reduced to 13.5 to 30 years — from a sentence of 18 to 39 years — through a negotiated plea addressing an error ...

A prison sentence imposed on a Huntingdon County man, who was charged with mistreating his 7-month-old son as he was attempting to quiet him, has been upheld by the Pennsylvania Superior Court in a ...

Professor Alison Siegler, Founding Director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic, had an opportunity to help shape the future of federal drug sentencing policy by participating in a distinguished ...

A judge sentenced a Front Royal man under a statute that allows for leniency when punishing defendants diagnosed with autism.