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Feds to Weigh Clemency for Nonviolent Inmates
Feds to weigh clemency for nonviolent inmates
The law also eliminated the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the simple possession of crack cocaine. “There are still too many people in federal prison who were sentenced under the old regime – and who, as a result, will have to spend far more …
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Obama's action to expand clemency is welcome but insufficient
About 7,000 people are serving federal prison time for crimes related to crack cocaine who would not still be there if they had, instead, possessed or sold powder cocaine. … This week, he began undoing the wrongs caused by those harsh sentencing laws.
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Harley Lawrence's Family Has A Painful Road Ahead, Pastor Says
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/half-head-man-from-famous_n_1279337.html" target="_blank">His flattened skull came, he said, from a car accident he got into while on drugs.</a> "I … Til' the law do us part? This bride chose not to …
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Drug Dealer Who ‘didn’T Believe’ in Gun Laws Jailed for Possession of Semi … – Western Morning 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 … |
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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 … |
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
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 Senate Republicans Rip Obama's Plan to Pardon More Drug Offenders Justice Department prepares for clemency requests from thousands of inmates |
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 |
Cocaine Possession Laws – Google News
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 … |
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
Western Morning News |
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. 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.
Cocaine Possession Laws – Yahoo News Search Results