Since 2005, when the U.S. Supreme Court changed the role of mandatory federal sentencing guidelines from mandatory to advisory, the filing of letters has taken on an added significance, defense ...

After Danny Masterson Rape Conviction, ‘That ’70s Show’ Cast and Crew Asked Judge for Leniency. Despite the character references, Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.

Michael Vick declared "I am not the bad person or beast I've been made out to be" and asked for leniency in a letter to the federal judge who sentenced him to 23 months in prison for a ...

(FILES) In this March 31, 2012 file photo, the US Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's administration on November 10, 2015 asked the Supreme Court to uphold ...

Before sentencing, Ulbricht begs for leniency: “please leave me my old age” “Silk Road turned out to be a very naive and costly idea that I deeply regret." ...

A woman from Margate, Florida wrote judge Marianne Aho a letter to plea for leniency in sentencing for Gloria Williams. Williams will be sentenced on Friday for the 1998 kidnapping of newborn ...

The letters, written Feb. 10 to Circuit Judge Jodie Asel and Feb. 27 to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Susan Boresi, did not come up during the brief hearing for Jordan M. Wisley, 27, who had been ...