Sentencing Guidelines in the United States
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Legal Materials
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines (a/k/a “Sentencing Guidelines for the United States Courts”) are published as part of Title 18 of the United States Code (see “United States Code.”). The Guidelines are also published in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual.
In addition, the current Guidelines are searchable on Lexis (GENFED;GLINE) and Westlaw (FCJ-FSG). You can pull sections from Lexis using the format: “ussg x” .
More information about the Guidelines is posted by the United States Sentencing Commission.
Case Law: Case law annotations are published after each section of the Guidelines in the United State Code Annotated and the United States Code Service, as well as inWest’s Federal Sentencing Guidelines Digest. For full-text searching, Lexis offers a database of cases interpreting the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (CRIME;FEDSEN).
Historical Editions: The U.S. Sentencing Commission posts free historical editions of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual back to 1987. Westlaw has historical editions of the Manual back to 1997 (FCJ-FSG-OLD). You can get annotated historical editions in outdated volumes of the United States Code Annotated and the United States Code Service and the related databases on Lexis and Westlaw (see “United States Code”).
Organizational Guidelines: The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (FSG0) are codified as Chapter 8 of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual. More information is available on U.S. Sentencing Commission’s the Organizational Guidelines page.
Proposed As: The U.S. Sentencing Commission posts Proposed Amendments.
Pardons: For information on Presidential Pardons, see “Criminal Law.”
Treatises: For a discussion of the Guidelines check out Federal Sentencing Law and Practice (West) and/or the Federal Sentencing Reporter, both of which are on Westlaw (FSLP and FCJ-FSR, respectively).
Sentencing Guidelines and the State Laws
Select from the list of U.S. States below for state-specific information on Sentencing Guidelines:
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Alabama Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Alaska Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Arizona Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Arkansas Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the California Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Colorado Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Connecticut Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Delaware Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Florida Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Georgia Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Hawaii Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Idaho Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Illinois Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Indiana Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Iowa Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Kansas Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Kentucky Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Louisiana Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Maine Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Maryland Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Massachusetts Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Michigan Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Minnesota Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Mississippi Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Missouri Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Montana Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Nebraska Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Nevada Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the New Hampshire Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the New Jersey Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the New Mexico Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the New York Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the North Carolina Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the North Dakota Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Ohio Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Oklahoma Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Oregon Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Pennsylvania Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Rhode Island Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the South Carolina Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the South Dakota Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Tennessee Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Texas Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Utah Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Vermont Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Virginia Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Washington Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the West Virginia Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Wisconsin Portal
- Sentencing Guidelines in the Subject Index of the Wyoming Portal
Sentencing
Introduction to Sentencing
Besides Sentencing Guidelines, there are some information about U.S. Sentencing here.
Resources
See Also
Crime Statistics
Criminal Law
Prisons, Prisoners and Jails
United States Code
United States Sentencing Commission
Further Reading
- Information about Sentencing Guidelines in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.
Sentencing Guidelines in the Criminal Justice System
This section covers the topics below related with Sentencing Guidelines :
Courts
Sentencing and Sanctions
Resources
See Also
- Courts
- Sentencing and Sanctions
Sentencing Guidelines Definition in the context of the Federal Court System
A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use as one factor to consider when they determine the sentence for a convicted defendant.
Sentencing guidelines
Find more information on Sentencing guidelines in relation to the Export Administration System in the legal Encyclopedias.
Sentencing guidelines and the International Trade Law
Resources
See Also
Further Reading
- Sentencing guidelines entry in the Dictionary of International Trade Law (Raj Bhala)
- Sentencing guidelines entry in the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (Thomas Carson; Mary Bonk)
- Sentencing guidelines entry in the Dictionary of International Trade
- Sentencing guidelines entry in the Dictionary of International Trade: Handbook of the Global Trade Community (Edward G. Hinkelman)