Rep. Trey Radel of Florida to Take Leave of Absence After Guilty Plea to …
Rep. Trey Radel of Florida to take leave of absence after guilty plea to …
He was charged with a misdemeanor, they said, because D.C. law classifies simple possession of any drug — except PCP — as a misdemeanor. If prosecutors thought that Radel had intended to sell the drug, he would have been charged with a felony.
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Task force arrests Okeechobee man on felony charges of possession of cocaine …
OKEECHOBEE — A Belle Glade man has been released on $ 5,000 bond from the Okeechobee County Jail following his arrest on felony drug charges. Keith Wendell Cooper, 47, N.W. Ave. D, was arrested Thursday, Nov. 7, on felony charges of possession …
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Congressman's Cocaine Bust Illuminates Race and Gender Sentencing Disparities
The federal welfare reform law allows states to opt out or modify the felony drug prohibtion. In Radel's state of Florida, thouse found guilty of felony drug possession are allowed to collect TANF benefits, but not those convicted of felony drug …
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