Mandatory minimum sentences in the United States have failed to reduce crime and have instead driven mass incarceration, ...

That case concerned sentencing disparities for charges involving crack versus powder cocaine that led to the disproportionate incarceration of Black Americans. Nachmanoff at an American Bar ...

President Joe Biden said Friday he is commuting the sentences of more than 2,000 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, cementing his legacy as the president who has issued the most individual ...

In the few days since the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to make changes in federal sentencing guidelines for crack-cocaine offenders retroactive, the decision has drawn both grumbling and applause ...

Anglican Bishop Reverend Laish Boyd had harsh words for members of the legal community yesterday, calling on them to dispense ...

Advocates for criminal justice reform are pushing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to advance a bill that would eliminate the long-standing sentencing disparities in place for people found guilty ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Stanford University Three Strike Project in a report found that Blacks get a much harsher sentence than whites for the same crime. This is hardly the revelation of the ages for ...

Judge Michael Nachmanoff was appointed by President Biden in 2021 Nachmanoff, as a public defender, advocated for sentencing reform Sept 26 (Reuters) - The federal judge in Virginia assigned to hear ...