quote:Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Discretion in Crack Sentencing
In legal news, the federal sentencing committee is meeting today in light of the Supreme Court ruling on Monday that federal judges can ignore sentencing guidelines and impose shorter sentences for crack cocaine crimes to make them more in line with those for powder cocaine.
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DrConway
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posted 12 December 2007 10:30 PM
You do realize, folks, that the Drug Warriors have been using mandatory minimum sentences as a way to force judges to clog up the prison system with people who should, by rights, not be there or if they are, not be there for as long as they are.
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