Ramirez v. State
Ramirez v. State
Ramirez was subsequently charged in two separate cases, which were tried simultaneously, with simple possession of cocaine and heroin, and possession with intent to deliver each drug. A jury found Ramirez guilty of possessing … Ramirez first contends …
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America's New Drug Policy Landscape
Support for Move Away from Set Drug Terms As a growing number of states ease penalties for drug possession, the public expresses increasingly positive views of the move away from mandatory sentences for non-violent drug crimes. By nearly two-to-one …
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Mafia port in Italy will host transfer of Syria's chemical weapons
GIOIA TAURO, Italy — A couple of months back, the drugs and weapons found beneath a thicket of red and white cranes in the mountains of shipping containers at Italy's port in Gioia Tauro led U.S. and Italian law enforcement to arrest 26 members of the …
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Two face heroin smuggling charges
One of those heroin seizures is allegedly worth nearly $ 1.4 million, according to a United States Customs and Border Protection press release. Jose Ignacio Salinas-Landaverde, a 53-year-old Mexican citizen who lives in Homestead, Fla., was arrested …
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