A federal judge Wednesday cut in half the 40-year prison sentence previously given to the one-time leader of the Bailey Boys, a violent street gang that sold drugs and committed robberies in the ...

Some Michigan lawmakers are working to pass a bill that would set minimum prison sentences for people who run from police.

Mandatory minimum sentencing is unlikely to help solve this issue—or any other issue for that matter. It has a poor track record of reducing crime.

President Donald Trump has not delivered on his pledge to have mandatory minimum sentences for criminals caught trying to re-enter the United States illegally. Trump supported a 2017 U.S. House of ...

New mandatory minimum sentences for immigration offenses would be expensive, make immigration enforcement more difficult and divert public safety resources, Gill contends.

TO SET A HIGHER BAR FOR THIS PARTICULAR CRIME. I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST STATES ON THIS ISSUE. GOVERNOR KELLY AYOTTE IS URGING STATE REPS TO PASS A PAIR OF SENATE BILLS AIMED AT CRACKING ...

Mandatory minimum sentencing is proven to be bad policy. It won’t stop hate crimes Story by Lorana Bartels, Australian National University and Rick Sarre, University of South Australia • 2w ...

Attorney General Eric Holder, speaks about the mandatory minimum policy at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 2013 annual legislative conference in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013.

Updated 5:10 p.m. The Senate push to reform mandatory minimum sentencing law began Wednesday with a photo opportunity: Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) stopping for an ...