GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A set of bills advanced this week in the state House would set harsher penalties for drug dealers who peddle fentanyl, carfentanil, heroin and their derivatives. “These ...

Senate Bill 14 seeks to create mandatory minimum sentences for people convicted on fentanyl charges. (Photo by Bill Oxford/Getty Images) A pair of Republican-backed bills seek to create mandatory ...

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 ...

A pair of Republican-backed bills seek to create mandatory minimum sentences for black-market fentanyl dealers in New Hampshire. Senate Bill 14 and Senate Bill 15, both sponsored by Sandown Republican ...

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 ...

Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Obama Administration is expanding their mandatory sentencing reforms to cases where charges have already been filed, during a Congressional Black Caucus ...

I sat down in front of the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) yesterday afternoon to testify about the harmful effects of mandatory minimum sentencing. In 1991, the USSC delivered a report to ...