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Lighter Prison Sentences for Nonviolent Drug Crimes

Lighter Prison Sentences for Nonviolent Drug Crimes
A Senate bill would shorten mandatory minimum drug sentences
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4 Drug Dealers Sentenced to Federal Prison After Pleading Guilty to Separate

4 drug dealers sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to separate
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said Leonard Joseph Stewart, of Romulus, MI, previously pleaded guilty in Huntington to conspiracy to distribute heroin and crack cocaine and possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to deliver. Stewart admitted he …
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Will NJ Get High on Marijuana Proposal?
No one privately thinks that marijuana should be illegal when cigarettes and alcohol are legal. There has been no science in the last 50 years to … Under Scutari's proposal, recreational marijuana sale and possession would also be legal for those …
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Beaverton man sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for money laundering
Fuentes' federal sentence is to run concurrently with a four-year state prison sentence for his conviction last year of possession and delivery of cocaine, according to court filings. Prosecutors had sought seven years in prison for Fuentes, noting his …
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Heroin, Meth Found in Ex-Detective’s Locker

Heroin, meth found in ex-detective’s locker
More than six pounds of meth, two pounds of heroin and nearly six ounces of cocaine were found in a Milwaukie storage locker linked to a former Clackamas County detective who was arrested Feb. 14 near Chicago.
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Lawyer for Police Department Busted With Oodles of Drugs – Above the Law

Lawyer For Police Department Busted With Oodles Of Drugs – Above the Law

Lawyer For Police Department Busted With Oodles Of Drugs
Above the Law
Robinson is being investigated for cocaine possession, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a weapon by a restricted person. Robinson's two sons, 21-year-old Alexander Jordan Robinson 

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DA considering drug charges against city lawyer – ksl.com


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DA considering drug charges against city lawyer
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James Wesley Robinson, 50, was arrested Wednesday at his Salt Lake home in the Wasatch Hollow neighborhood for investigation of drug possession, drug distribution and illegal possession of firearms. Robinson's two sons, Alexander Jordan Robinson, 21
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Rand Paul Fights for Felon Voting Rights

Rand Paul fights for felon voting rights
Nationally, about 5.8 million people are prohibited from voting because of current or previous felony convictions, according to Attorney Gen. Eric Holder. In the swing states of Florida and Virginia, one in five black adults is unable to vote because of these laws, according to Holder. In Paul's home state of Kentucky, it's also one in five.
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Marijuana: The High and the Low

Marijuana: The High and the Low
On November 6, 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington were the first in the world to successfully challenge nearly a century of bad policy and misconceptions about cannabis. … An accompanying editorial by Katrina vanden Heuvel notes that recent …
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Drug Abuse and Our Biased Compassion
A few days before, during a police raid in connection to a vandalism case, police reportedly found the drug "molly" in the room of his houseguest and arrested the guest on a felony drug possession. Justin Bieber was not … The images of White middle …
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