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Mike Lee (R., Utah) and Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) that would cut most mandatory drug sentences for nonviolent offenders in half. It would also make retroactive a law that narrowed the differences between sentences for possession of crack and powder …
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Cocaine supplier to former St. Clair County probation officer gets prison time
27 sentencing. Cook, the drug court judge, pleaded guilty in November to misdemeanor heroin possession and a felony charge of being a drug user in possession of a firearm. He admitted having one gram or less of heroin when arrested outside of his drug …
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Additional drug charges bring additional probation
The offender, 23-year-old Jessica M. Cole was originally sentenced to 36 months probation on Oct. 7, 2013, after accepting a plea agreement which admitted guilt to felony possession of methamphetamine and a Class I misdemeanor offense of theft by …
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