Cocaine Possession Laws: Supreme Court Upholds Cocaine Sentence – Sacramento Bee

Cocaine Possession Laws: Supreme Court upholds cocaine sentence – Sacramento Bee

Supreme Court upholds cocaine sentence
Sacramento Bee
AP WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a 10-year prison sentence for cocaine possession, rejecting a claim that harsh penalties in federal law apply only to crack cocaine. The court said Thursday that the provision of federal law

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Cocaine Possession Laws: Supreme Court upholds cocaine sentence – Forbes

Supreme Court upholds cocaine sentence
Forbes
AP , 06.09.11, 10:11 AM EDT WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a 10-year prison sentence for cocaine possession, rejecting a claim that harsh penalties in federal law apply only to crack cocaine. The court said Thursday that the

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Cocaine Possession Laws: Monmouth County Police Blotter – Asbury Park Press

Monmouth County Police Blotter
Asbury Park Press
Upon apprehension, he struggled with police and was additionally charged with fourth- degree aggravated assault – throwing bodily fluid at law enforcement officers — and possession of drug paraphernalia. SEWALL AND PROSPECT AVENUES: A 29-year-old

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Cocaine Possession Laws: AG Holder tries to correct drug sentencing disparity – The Boston – Bay State Banner

AG Holder tries to correct drug sentencing disparity
The Boston – Bay State Banner
The law, enacted last August by President Barack Obama, dramatically reduces the 100-to-1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Since the 1980s, a person found in possession of just five grams of crack would face a mandatory five-year

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Cocaine Possession Laws: Holder Does the Right Thing on Crack Cocaine
 U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder took another step forward in trying to right a horrendous wrong in the long running drug-reform fight. He announced that thousands of federal prisoners sentenced under the draconian and grossly unfair crack cocaine sentencing law…
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Cocaine Possession Laws: Four charged after St. John’s drug bust
Four men are facing drug-related charges after police seized 17 kilograms of marijuana, 57 grams of cocaine and a lot of paraphernalia in St. John’s Thursday.
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