Justice Byron White, who as a retired justice hired a law clerk named Neil Gorsuch, once wrote that “a prime function of this Court’s certiorari jurisdiction [is] to resolve” conflicts between the ...

The issue before the Supreme Court in Koons v.United States concerns the application of 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(2), which allows federal judges to modify a prison term for a “defendant who has been ...

Analysis: What kind of sentence can Chris Huhne expect? By Sean Dilley Chris Huhne has been told "not to be under any illusion" about the type of sentence he is likely to receive after pleading guilty ...

Federal judges in New York City handed down lower prison sentences due to brutal conditions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis shows.