SUMMARY This article discusses Amendment 821 to the Sentencing Guidelines, which went into effect on November 1, 2023, adding a new “zero-point offender” adjustment.

Lawyers for Combs, 55, and prosecutors are deeply divided on the length of punishment the rap mogul should face — known as federal sentencing guidelines — following his conviction on two ...

The new Guidelines also suggest that a no-jail sentence may be appropriate even for defendants who fall within Zones C or D of the sentencing table, if they qualify for the zero-point offender ...

The bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission met on April 11, 2025, and voted unanimously to publish amendments to federal sentencing guidelines for the amendment cycle, which ends on May 1 ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission, a bipartisan panel that creates guidelines for the federal judiciary, voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt an amendment prohibiting judges from using acquitted ...