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

Roughly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders nationwide received a grant of executive clemency in January, including 10 people in ...

President Joe Biden is granting clemency for nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders in his final days in office, placing a focus on sentencing disparities for crack cocaine-related crimes.

State of the Judiciary address given yesterday by the chief judge of New York’s highest court, Rowan Wilson, is usually a ...

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“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 ...

it is time that we equalize these sentencing disparities,” he said, adding that he would continue to review additional commutations and pardons. “This action is an important step toward ...

Hampton would have instead faced a mandatory minimum of 15 years. Hampton also saw his sentence impacted by the strong disparity between punishments for possessing crack cocaine and powder cocaine.