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23 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Supreme Court: Retribution Tied to the Original Offense Cannot Factor into Supervised Release Revocation Decisions
2025-08-01 · Posts · LSB10929 · HTML available · PDF available
United States v. McCray and Criminal Sentences for Fentanyl Analogue Offenses
2025-06-09 · Posts · LSB11263 · HTML available · PDF available
Amending the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
2025-04-28 · Infographics · IG10078 · HTML available · PDF available
Executive Clemency and Judicial Power: Legal Overview and Recent Caselaw
2025-04-25 · Posts · LSB11294 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Capital Punishment: Recent Executive Action
2025-03-10 · Posts · LSB11276 · HTML available · PDF available
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP): Data Brief
2025-02-27 · Reports · R48441 · HTML available · PDF available
Armed Career Criminal Act (18 U.S.C. § 924(e)): An Overview
2024-11-01 · Reports · R41449 · HTML available · PDF available
The Supreme Court’s Narrow Construction of Federal Criminal Laws: 2023 Term
2024-07-29 · Posts · LSB11212 · HTML available · PDF available
The U.S. Sentencing Commission Seeks to Limit the Use of Acquitted Conduct in Federal Sentencing
2024-07-05 · Posts · LSB11037 · HTML available · PDF available
Erlinger v. United States: Supreme Court Rules on Jury Determination for Prior Offenses for ACCA Sentencing Purposes
2024-07-02 · Posts · LSB11191 · HTML available · PDF available
Drug Offense Sentencing Relief Under the First Step Act and the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
2024-05-03 · Resources · IF12651 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Drug Offense Sentencing Relief Under the First Step Act
2024-04-04 · Posts · LSB11145 · HTML available · PDF available
Does Losing a Motion to Suppress Bar a Sentencing Reduction for Admitting Guilt? Federal Courts Are Split
2023-09-14 · Posts · LSB11041 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Review of Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
2023-06-06 · Resources · IF12422 · HTML available · PDF available
Back in Action, the U.S. Sentencing Commission to Resolve Circuit Splits on Controlled Substances and Sentencing Reductions
2022-12-30 · Posts · LSB10890 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Compassionate Release After the First Step Act
2022-07-26 · Reports · R47195 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences: The Safety Valve and Substantial Assistance Exceptions
2022-07-05 · Reports · R41326 · HTML available · PDF available
Cocaine: Crack and Powder Sentencing Disparities
2021-11-09 · Resources · IF11965 · HTML available · PDF available
Supervised Release (Parole): An Overview of Federal Law
2021-09-28 · Reports · RL31653 · HTML available
Health Care for Federal Prisoners
2020-08-26 · Resources · IF11629 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence
2015-09-16 · Reports · R41412 · HTML available
How the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Work: An Overview
2015-07-02 · Reports · R41696 · HTML available
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes
2013-09-09 · Reports · RL32040 · HTML available