Federal sentencing for fraud and theft offenses has long been dominated by a single metric: monetary loss. Section 2B1.1 of ...

In a 7-2 decision, the United States Supreme Court has limited the factors a district court can consider when sentencing a defendant for a revocation of supervised release. The Supreme Court held that ...

On Friday, June 20, the Supreme Court also released the following opinions: — In Esteras v. United States, the justices considered whether courts weighing a revocation of supervised release should ...

A man convicted of securities fraud will have a chance at a lower sentence because a district court judge failed to consider factors other than the fraud that might have contributed to a falling stock ...

The woman, only referred to as KM in court documents, was convicted after one of the boys in her care. The two boys were malnourished and bruised and told court they’d been hit by the accused.