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US Justice Department Announces Clemency Review of Drug Offenders – Yahoo News
US Justice Department announces clemency review of drug offenders – Yahoo News
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US Justice Department announces clemency review of drug offenders
Yahoo News … to the president for clemency. Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who announced the details of the plan, said the most obvious candidates for review were those sentenced before a 2010 law that lowered the terms for crack cocaine possession charges. Jail-breaking point: Overcrowded prisons strike White House clemency chord Justice Department prepares for clemency requests from thousands of inmates US weighs clemency for inmates jailed for 10 years |
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Odessa man, woman charged with possession of cocaine – Odessa American
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Odessa man, woman charged with possession of cocaine
Odessa American An Odessa man was charged with possession of cocaine, a second-degree felony, after police reported finding the drug inside the vehicle he was driving Tuesday morning. Odessa Police Department officers stopped a white Ford F-250 in the 100 block of … |
Jail-Breaking Point: Overcrowded Prisons Strike White House Clemency Chord – RT
Jail-breaking point: Overcrowded prisons strike White House clemency chord – RT
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Jail-breaking point: Overcrowded prisons strike White House clemency chord
RT The matter is that back in 2010 the Fair Sentencing Act eliminated a five-year mandatory minimum for those accused of first-time possession of crack cocaine, a legal loophole that made excessive sentencing in drug cases possible for many years. But the … US Justice Department announces clemency review of drug offenders Sanity in sentencing [Editorial] US weighs clemency for inmates jailed for 10 years |
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Undercover drug sting nabs six Clemson students – Greenville News
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Undercover drug sting nabs six Clemson students
Greenville News “Enforcement is a deterrent, so we hope that through enforcing the drug laws, people realize that it is a college campus and you can't do whatever you want,” Link said. Warrants were issued for the following people: • Gregory Neil Ford, 22, of 119 … |
President Obama Has Granted Clemency Fewer Times Than Any Modern President
President Obama has granted clemency fewer times than any modern president
He's granted fewer applications than anyone since Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Odessa Man, Woman Charged With Possession of Cocaine – Odessa American
Odessa man, woman charged with possession of cocaine – Odessa American
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Odessa man, woman charged with possession of cocaine
Odessa American An Odessa man was charged with possession of cocaine, a second-degree felony, after police reported finding the drug inside the vehicle he was driving Tuesday morning. Odessa Police Department officers stopped a white Ford F-250 in the 100 block of … |
Cocaine Possession Laws – Google News
Drug dealer who ‘didn’t believe’ in gun laws jailed for possession of semi … – Western Morning News
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Drug dealer who 'didn't believe' in gun laws jailed for possession of semi …
Western Morning News A cocaine dealer has been jailed for ten years after being found with a semi-automatic pistol and telling police he did not believe in gun control. Paul Walsh had more than £5,000 of cocaine at his home, some bagged up and ready for sale, £4,370 cash … |
U.S. Weighs Clemency for Inmates Jailed for 10 Years
U.S. weighs clemency for inmates jailed for 10 years
Washington — The Justice Department is encouraging nonviolent federal inmates who have behaved in prison, have no significant criminal history and have already served more than 10 years behind bars to apply for clemency, officials announced Wednesday.
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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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