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Six Nabbed in City Heroin Bust
Six nabbed in city heroin bust
Agents with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and Hazleton police detectives watched him enter and leave his home during those sales, leading law enforcement to obtain a search warrant for his home, court papers state. As police were about to …
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Hundreds of bar owners have been rendered victims of Jammeh's sheer greed for land possession. … Occasionally, some rogue agents would and pockets some of the monies they collected from people they accused of breaking the law. 3. …. The state is in …
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Felon caught with gun sentenced to 12 years
Collick has a rap sheet — including assault, failure to pay child support and seven separate convictions for drug possession or distribution — that dates to 1995 in Worcester County. In February 2002, Collick was sentenced to four years in jail for …
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Atty. General Holder Pushes to Lift Voting Ban Against Ex-Convicts – Raw Story
Atty. General Holder pushes to lift voting ban against ex-convicts – Raw Story
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Atty. General Holder pushes to lift voting ban against ex-convicts
Raw Story U.S. President Barack Obama in December commuted the sentences of eight people convicted of drug trafficking, to compensate the effects of laws punishing crack possession more harshly than cocaine possession. [Image via Agence France-Presse]. Let ex-convicts vote: US Attorney General |
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Legal high drug deaths soar in UK – The Guardian
The Guardian |
Legal high drug deaths soar in UK
The Guardian It is expected to be moved from a class C to a class B drug, where illegal possession could lead to a five-year jail sentence after the advisory council on the misuse of drugs warned that frequent use could cause "severe and disabling" bladder damage. |
Green-Beckham Cleared After Marijuana Mix-Up
Green-Beckham cleared after marijuana mix-up
The Tigers player missed two games in his freshman season, against Vanderbilt and Alabama, after being suspended by the program after an arrest for drugs possession. However it seems the player will face no further sanctions from the school this time …
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Victims' families take stand in Moss sentencing
Moss had three prior felony convictions in Alabama for robbery, criminal conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of crack cocaine, according to evidence entered. During the … He (Moss) deserves the stiffest penalty the law will allow.” He called …
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Crime Stoppers January 19: Most Wanted
He's wanted for Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree and Trafficking Cocaine. His last-known … Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama is a partnership between local law enforcement, the Birmingham Business Alliance and ABC 33/40. Together, our goal is to …
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New Wave of Heroin Claims Hoffman and Others
New wave of heroin claims Hoffman and others
Heroin's reputation in the 1970s was "a really hard-core, dangerous street drug, a killer drug, but there's a whole generation who didn't grow up with that kind of experience with heroin," said New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan …
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Hawaii: 66 Percent Of Voters Back Legalizing Marijuana
Seventy-seven percent of respondents separately said that jail time is an inappropriate sanction for those found to be in violation of the state's existing marijuana possession laws. Under present law, possessing any amount of cannabis for non-medical …
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Letter: Racial Bias in Drug Enforcement
Advocates of legalized marijuana make a cogent argument when they refer to the waste of billions of tax dollars to enforce a law that has failed to curb Americans' marijuana use. … Marijuana accounts for more than 50 percent of drug arrests in the …
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Let Ex-Convicts Vote: US Attorney General
Let ex-convicts vote: US Attorney General
US Attorney General Eric Holder campaigned Tuesday for broader reforms to the US penal code, including allowing ex-convicts to regain the right to vote after serving jail terms. "Across this country today, an estimated 5.8 million Americans, 5.8 million of our fellow citizens, are prohibited from voting because of current or previous felony convictions," Holder said, in a speech to Georgetown …
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SWAT Teams Net Drugs, Guns in 'Block Boyz' Crackdown
SWAT teams net drugs, guns in 'Block Boyz' crackdown
“This morning was law enforcement holding up our end of the bargain,” Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. said at a Thursday afternoon press conference. The calculated raids took place at 5:30 a.m. Thursday. … Timothy Prater, 18, 1849 Jade Ave …
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Multi-agency roundup nets 7 members of 'Big Money Block Boyz'
Timothy Prater, 18, is charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, illegal carry of a firearm with a controlled dangerous substance and possession of a stolen firearm. … The agencies …
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