Lawmakers: What Makes a Drug Trafficker?
Lawmakers: What Makes a Drug Trafficker?
Lawmakers have said that the bill clarifies the definitions of violent and nonviolent crimes as well as requires people convicted violent offenses to serve at least 50 percent of a sentence, and anyone convicted of a nonviolent offense to serve at …
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DN Editorial: JAIL BRAKES: New bill would cut excessive sentences and help …
The bill would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for many nonviolent drug offenses and make retroactive a 2010 law reducing sentences for the possession of crack cocaine, a change that could benefit as many as 8,800 prisoners. The huge disparity …
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Uncle Ben's Rice variety recalled
"Therefore, we initiated the voluntary recall to ensure that anyone in possession of the product is aware that it should not be served or eaten, but returned to where it was purchased," Mars Foodservices said. The company said it is "continuing to work …
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