Obama signs bill reducing gap in cocaine sentences
Obama signs bill reducing gap in cocaine sentences
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today signed a bill reducing the disparity between federal mandatory sentences for convictions for crack cocaine and the powder form of the drug.
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Gap In Federal Cocaine Sentences To Narrow
Gap In Federal Cocaine Sentences To Narrow
Critics have said for years that minorities were being unfairly penalized by tough penalties for crack possession.
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Doctor shopping explodes in Florida
Doctor shopping may get harder under new state program
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Congress softens mandatory sentences for crack cocaine
Congress softens mandatory sentences for crack cocaine
Washington — Addressing what both Democrats and Republicans agreed was a quarter-century-old injustice in drug sentencing, Congress gave final approval Wednesday to a bill reducing the penalty for crack cocaine offenders.
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Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences
Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences
The measure changes a 1986 law, enacted at a time when crack cocaine use was rampant and considered a particularly violent drug, under which a person convicted of crack cocaine possession gets the same mandatory prison term as someone with 100 times the same… Continue reading
Judge sentences Waldron
Judge sentences Waldron
A wanted Libby man who was apprehended outside Missoula two weeks after leading local law enforcement on a chase was sentenced last Thursday in federal court.
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Prison sentences require flexibility, Vermont Supreme Court rules
Prison sentences require flexibility, Vermont Supreme Court rules
The difference between minimum and maximum prison sentences in Vermont must be greater than a month, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
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Stolen hydro sold
(Jul 20, 2010) – A Hamilton man was fined 0… Continue reading