"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 ...

The sentencing disparity "caused disproportionate harm to communities of color," the letter said. The U.S. Sentencing Commission estimated that more than 3,000 people “would be eligible for ...

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A man was sentenced to slightly more than 12 years in federal prison for distributing more than 8 pounds of methamphetamine ...

Former Attorney General Merrick Garland, noting that still-existing differences in sentencing have “no basis in science, further no law enforcement purposes and drive unwanted disparities in our ...

The Colorado Supreme Court is considering the legality of these sentence disparities, and a ruling could have wide-ranging impacts on municipal codes throughout the state. The Colorado Municipal ...

President Biden will commute the sentences of roughly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses, the White House announced on Friday. “This action is an important step toward righting ...