Federal Drug Defendants Who Don't Plead Guilty Spend Three Times Longer in …
Federal Drug Defendants Who Don't Plead Guilty Spend Three Times Longer In …
The life sentence resulted from the government's choice to trigger a sentencing enhancement based on Avery's previous drug convictions. During the early 1990s, she had been convicted three times under Florida law for possessing small amounts of crack …
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Bill Introduced in Congress to Exempt Legal Marijuana from Federal Gun Ban
The text of the bill is not yet available, but the summary of the bill states that the intent of the proposal is “to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide exceptions from the firearm prohibitions otherwise applicable in relation to marijuana …
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US Rep. Radel pleads guilty to cocaine possession and takes leave of absence
Radel, a freshman congressman who went to Washington this past January and who has served 11 months in office, was charged with illegal cocaine possession last Tuesday after what a federal law enforcement official described as a "buy and bust" sting …
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Mexico slaying suspect was in Calif. jail 4 months
The suspect, whose last name is also listed as Olaguez-Rendon, was arrested by federal authorities this week in Sacramento on suspicion of killing a commissioner and seven other city officials in his native Sinaloa, Mexico. Four others were seriously …
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