On November 1, 2025, the most recent amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual went into effect. Among other changes, the amendments streamline the sentencing process from three steps to two ...

A federal appeals court has handed a significant legal victory to an Iowa man, ruling that a “procedural catch-22” prevents the government from hiking his prison sentence based on his past criminal ...

The advisory federal sentencing guidelines play an important role in the sentencing of federal offenders (they do not apply to state offenders). The US Sentencing Commission has proposed that the ...

In March we reported on the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s proposed amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (the “Guidelines”).[1] (2026 Proposed Amendments To The Federal Sentencing ...

Ordinarily, a federal court sentencing pursuant to a plea agreement is a pre-packaged, check-the-boxes sort of exercise. Federal sentencing guidelines even provide the judge with a structured ...

Former City of DuBois administrative secretary Roberta “Bobbie” Shaffer pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to two ...