Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick will set out plans they say would put ministers in charge of sentencing policy.

The 43-year-old kidnapped his best friend's daughter, strangled her, then threw her off a bridge into Lake Quinsigamond in ...

The US Sentencing Commission passed a retroactive amendment to subtract two points from the sentencing guideline calculation for many with no past criminal history. Yesterday, the United States ...

Under the new rules, Shabana Mahmood will have veto powers over any new sentencing guidance issued by the independent public body, the Ministry of Justice said. The change comes after a public dispute ...

A fight is brewing in England over new sentencing guidelines that require judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity and faith before deciding whether to sentence them to jail. The guidelines, critics ...

The judge noted sentencing guidelines called for a sentence between 5 and 7 years. The judge retains discretion to vary the sentence up or down.

A judge sentenced Sean "Diddy" Combs 50 months in prison for his sex-crimes conviction following the conclusion of his ...

The rap mogul was found guilty in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but he was acquitted on ...