Arizona Senate committee unanimously passes criminal justice reform allowing judges to bypass mandatory minimums for veterans ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era bipartisan criminal justice overhaul. The justices ...

The Iowa House Judiciary Subcommittee advanced a bill on Thursday that would extend the mandatory minimum prison sentence for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to address concerns with mandatory minimum prison penalties. The commission action follows a Justice Department policy ...

A good deal of fanfare accompanied Gov. Katie Hobbs’ signing of a law on Wednesday that increases prison time for fentanyl dealers. Law enforcement officials who flanked the governor hailed the law as ...

The defense continues its arguments for parole on Thursday in the Austin Thompson sentencing hearing. After pleading guilty to killing five people in a Raleigh mass shooting, he faces a mandatory ...

A federal law imposes a mandatory 15-year sentence for possessing a gun after committing three serious drug offenses. But which offenses count? By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The Supreme ...

Local law enforcement agencies complain they are unable to arrest traffic violators and persons subject to arrest warrants because of overcrowding at county jails. County jail officials state they are ...