Duluth News TribuneOpinion

Local Judge's View: Judges don’t have unfettered discretion when sentencing

From the column: "The law allows departures from the guidelines only in limited circumstances. ... Sentencing does not aim to ...
JD Supra

2025 Update to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: A Streamlined Two-Step Process

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 ...
Yahoo

U.S. Sentencing Commission approves revisions to federal sentencing guidelines

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Changes are coming to federal sentencing guidelines unless Congress votes against them. The bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission met on April 11, 2025, and voted ...
JD Supra

Recalibrating Economic Crime Sentencing: The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Proposed Reforms to Section 2B1.1 and What They Mean for the Defense Bar

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

Experts explain why Guardians’ Clase wouldn’t get max sentence, if convicted

CLEVELAND, Ohio-- If Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is convicted on federal pitch-rigging charges, he likely won’t get anywhere close to the maximum sentence of 65 years in prison, experts ...