NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump received the first ever criminal sentence for a former or incoming U.S. president on Friday, an "unconditional discharge” that means Trump will get no prison ...

Criminal case sentencing of a convicted criminal can be a lightning rod for public interest and opinion depending upon the case. The overriding concern for a judge in sentencing is “the good order and ...

NEW YORK — A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s latest bid to delay this week’s sentencing for his felony conviction. In a one-sentence ruling following an ...

President-elect Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in May in New York.(Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File) NEW YORK ...

The process of sentencing in all respects challenges the imagination of defense counsel to explain the client’s situation, actions, mental state, ignorance, or other states of being that mitigate the ...

Critics say a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision will confuse and complicate the federal criminal sentencing process. Defendants, judges and attorneys aren't sure what to do. Now the Supreme Court ...