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Government Starts Cutting Sentences Of Crack Inmates
washingtonpost.com 05-Mar-2008
The federal government said yesterday that it has received hundreds of court orders reducing the prison sentences of crack cocaine offenders in the two days since new sentencing guidelines took effect. ... A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons could not say how...
Drug Sentencing Guidelines Take Effect
middletownjournal.com 04-Mar-2008
NEW YORK — Marsha Cunningham was no drug dealer. But when authorities busted her boyfriend in the 1990s for selling crack and powdered cocaine, they also arrested her on a crack possession charge. ... By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press Writer NEW YORK — Marsha Cunningham...
Drug Sentencing Guidelines Take Effect
news-journal.com 04-Mar-2008
NEW YORK — Marsha Cunningham was no drug dealer. But when authorities busted her boyfriend in the 1990s for selling crack and powdered cocaine, they also arrested her on a crack possession charge. ... By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press Writer NEW YORK — Marsha Cunningham...
New crack sentencing guidelines in effect
wafb.com 04-Mar-2008
Associated Press - March 3, 2008 7:13 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - About 1,600 prisoners are eligible for immediate release this week after new federal guidelines on crack-cocaine offenses went into... ... Associated Press - About 1,600 prisoners are eligible for immediate...
New crack sentencing guidelines in effect
kwch.com 04-Mar-2008
Associated Press - March 3, 2008 7:13 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - About 1,600 prisoners are eligible for immediate release this week after new federal guidelines on crack-cocaine offenses went into... ... Associated Press - About 1,600 prisoners are eligible for immediate...
CNN - First Crack Convicts Freed In Sentencing Reform
news4jax.com 04-Mar-2008
New Sentencing Guidelines Were Expected To Lead Monday To The Early Release Of More Than A Dozen Federal Inmates Convicted On Crack-Cocaine Charges. ... NEW: At least a dozen more inmates are expected to be released by day's end One gram crack, 100 grams of cocaine...
Judges reduce time for crack - roanoke.com
roanoke.com 04-Mar-2008
Under new sentencing guidelines, some inmates are getting shorter sentences.It's more a trickle than a flood so far, but the expected surge of sentence reductions for people convicted of crimes involving crack cocaine has begun. New, retroactive sentencing guidelines approved in December by the...
Crack sentences being reduced
msn.com 04-Mar-2008
Starting this week, nearly 20,000 inmates convicted of crack offenses may see their prison terms reduced under new federal guidelines intended to bring retroactive fairness to drug sentencing. ... Thousands of crack sentences could be reduced Rules taking effect this week...
Crack sentences could be reduced
msn.com 04-Mar-2008
Starting this week, nearly 20,000 inmates convicted of crack offenses may see their prison terms reduced under new federal guidelines intended to bring retroactive fairness to drug sentencing. ... Thousands of crack sentences could be reduced Rules taking effect this week...
Drug Sentencing Guidelines Take Effect
federalnewsradio.com 03-Mar-2008
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The sentencing guidelines went into effect Monday _ the result of a December decision by the U.S. Sentencing Commission to ease the way the system came down far harder on crack-related crimes than on those...
Drug Sentencing Guidelines Take Effect
jg-tc.com 03-Mar-2008
NEW YORK - Marsha Cunningham was no drug dealer. But when authorities busted her boyfriend in the 1990s for selling crack and powdered cocaine, they also arrested her on a crack possession charge. ... By KAREN MATTHEWS NEW YORK - But Cunningham is now one of nearly 20,000...
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