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Wickham: Obama Rights Cocaine Law Disparity – Tucson Citizen

Wickham: Obama rights cocaine law disparity – Tucson Citizen

Wickham: Obama rights cocaine law disparity
Tucson Citizen
Under the cocaine sentencing law, which was embedded in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, federal judges were forced to give people convicted of possessing 5 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine the same 
President Obama Sends Powerful Message on Draconian Drug SentencingCity Watch
Obama Commutes Sentences For 8 Drug Convictionsatlantadailyworld
Obama commutes sentence of Rockford man serving life for selling drugs as teenThe Rock River Times

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Man Admits ‘major’ Drug Possession – Dayton Daily News

Man admits ‘major’ drug possession – Dayton Daily News

Man admits 'major' drug possession
Dayton Daily News
At the time of his arrest, Springfield police's narcotics squad located 246.97 grams of cocaine in the trunk of Lewis's 1996 Jaguar parked outside a property on Eaton Avenue. It's considered a “major drug offender amount,” by state law, said Clark

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Man gets 25-year sentence for drug possession – Journal and Courier

Man gets 25-year sentence for drug possession
Journal and Courier
He was found guilty of possession of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, battery, resisting law enforcement, operating while suspended, operating while intoxicated and two counts of intimidation. He requested a jury trial on the cocaine possession

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Wickham: Obama Rights Cocaine Law Disparity – USA TODAY

Wickham: Obama rights cocaine law disparity – USA TODAY

Wickham: Obama rights cocaine law disparity
USA TODAY
Under the cocaine sentencing law, which was embedded in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, federal judges were forced to give people convicted of possessing 5 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine the same 
Obama Commutes Sentences For 8 Drug Convictionsatlantadailyworld
Obama commutes sentence of Rockford man serving life for selling drugs as teenThe Rock River Times

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9th Circuit Takes New Look at DNA Collection

9th Circuit Takes New Look at DNA Collection
(CN) – Opponents of California's mandatory DNA collection statute told an en banc panel of the 9th Circuit that the law violates the constitutional rights of people who are arrested but never charged. The 9th Circuit, which has reviewed the … Voter …
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On the Rocks
But on Oct. 28, just days before Jones took second place at the International Drug Free Athletics bodybuilding championships in Ontario, one of his employees, George Sylvester Frink Jr., was charged in Maryland U.S. District Court with possessing 15 …
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Wiretap issues plague case against drug bust
What perhaps seemed like an open-and-shut case, though, continues four years later, thanks to questions raised by an inmate and a California defense attorney regarding records of federal phone surveillance. Last week a federal judge in … residences …
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In the Courts: Ulster County Court

In the Courts: Ulster County Court
In the Courts: Ulster County Court. Posted: 12/20/13, 7:09 PM EST | Updated: 1 sec ago. The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. … Drugs: Anthony Mergendahl, 31, of Old …
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Women gets 3 years for heroin charges
SUPERIOR COURT — An Oak Ridge man was sentenced to three years probation for possessing three bags of heroin during a motor vehicle stop, the prosecutor's office said. SUPERIOR … SUPERIOR COURT — A New York City woman was sentenced to three years …
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WHY HARRY REID WENT NUCLEAR – What the Change Means for Future

WHY HARRY REID WENT NUCLEAR – What the change means for future
Just three Democrats broke with Reid: the retiring Carl Levin of Michigan, the moderate Joe Manchin of West Virginia and the vulnerable Mark Pryor of Arkansas. … But for now, the freshman Republican — who pleaded guilty Wednesday to cocaine …
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