Idaho residents convicted of fentanyl crimes will likely soon face more severe prison sentences. House Bill 406, which would create mandatory minimum prison sentences for fentanyl crimes, passed the ...

In a surprise collapse and a political setback for Gov. Kelly Ayotte, House and Senate negotiators failed to reach agreement on legislation to impose mandatory minimum prison terms for possessing ...

ADDING MORE PROVISIONS TO THE BILL AND HOPES IT CAN PASS. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ATTEMPTING A COMPROMISE ON A BILL TO IMPOSE MANDATORY MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCES FOR POSSESSION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL, ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland told prosecutors in December to promote the equal treatment of crack and powder cocaine offenses and limit the use of mandatory minimum sentences. These steps are in ...

In their Sentencing Guidelines column, Covington & Burling's Alan Vinegrad and Jason Levine write: Mandatory minimum sentences have, for years, been the subject of complaints from the bench, the ...

BELIEVES MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND THAT CHANGE CAN COME FROM INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE. < "WHEN A PERSON IS HANDING OUT THIS POISON, THEY MUST BE PROSECUTED."> MANCHESTER MAYOR JAY RUAIS BACKING TWO ...

We're continuing our conversation about criminal justice reform this week, specifically the effect of mandatory minimum sentencing. Critics say these minimums disproportionately affect minorities and ...

The New Hampshire House of Representatives debates bills during a voting session in the State House Thursday afternoon. Earlier Thursday, they approved Senate Bill 14, which institutes mandatory ...

As Gov. Chris Sununu and New Hampshire State Police threw their support behind two bills that would add mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug-related crimes, opponents testified that such ...

In 1994, and with an incredible 72 percent in favor, Californians passed Proposition 184. This proposition strengthened a habitual offenders law that provides higher sentences for those with two ...