U.S. Justice Department Announces Clemency Review of Drug Offenders
U.S. Justice Department announces clemency review of drug offenders
By Julia Edwards and Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department laid out new clemency guidelines on Wednesday that are expected to make thousands of drug offenders eligible for a reduction in the sentences they are currently serving. Under the new guidelines, inmates that were sentenced under laws that have since changed, have served at least 10 years of their sentence …
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Three arrested in Hardwick on drug charges
EAST BROOKFIELD – Two Hardwick men were arrested early Saturday when police found heroin after stopping their car because a taillight was out.
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US widens path to clemency for nonviolent federal drug offenders
The US Justice Department Wednesday widened the path to clemency for nonviolent federal drug offenders with an initiative designed to alleviate longstanding sentencing disparities left over from tough drug laws that disproportionately affected black drug offenders. “The attorney general’s and the president’s actions here are trying to remedy an historic wrong that has detrimented many citizens …
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US widens path to clemency for nonviolent federal drug offenders (+video)
The new Justice Department clemency guidelines, which apply to inmates who have served 10 years of their sentence, are designed to alleviate racial disparities left over from tough drug laws.
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