Thursday, November 15, 2007

winny little crack dealers

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering retroactive changes that could mean shortened sentences for nearly 20,000 federal prisoners convicted of crack cocaine related offenses
The commission heard Tuesday from a federal judge and advocacy groups who favor making the change retroactive, and from the Justice Department and others who oppose it.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/14/crack.sentences/index.html
-New crack cocaine sentences already lowered
-Proposal to make change retroactive would set 2,500 free in a year
-Advocacy groups say harsher crack cocaine sentences discriminate
-Justice Department opposes retroactive change

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