Virginia lawmakers debate bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for crimes statewide House Bill 863 would expand judicial discretion and reshape sentencing policy across Virginia RICHMOND, Va.

President Joe Biden's administration took some steps to discourage mandatory minimum sentences. But in other cases, Biden opposed efforts to reduce them, and he did not support or introduce ...

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, ...

Knife offenders are avoiding jail because courts and prosecutors are failing to apply laws that require them to impose mandatory prison sentences, watchdogs have found.

A plan that would both toughen sentences for fentanyl crimes and relax penalties for hallucinogenic mushroom possession in New Hampshire died in the State House on Thursday. Gov. Kelly Ayotte has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The N.J. Supreme Court just clarified gun sentencing law. In back-to-back rulings, the New Jersey Supreme Court narrowed the scope ...