US Plans Lower Sentences for Drug Users

Published August 17, 2013

US plans lower sentences for drug users
The US prison population was just shy of an estimated 1.6 million in 2012, the Bureau of Justice Statistics announced last month. 'We will start by fundamentally rethinking the notion of mandatory minimum … 'By reserving the most severe penalties for …
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Summer HateWatch: Devious Maids, Episode 8
… worked with. Zoila didn't do anything and neither did Valentina because the Rich White D she stays chasing was shipped off to rehab for his insta-cocaine addiction. … I don't imagine she'll be in the league too much longer with stats like that …
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The California Prisoners Hunger Strike. The Truth
In an opinion piece published in the August 6 Los Angeles Times, Jeffrey Beard, head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), argues that this hunger strike is not about protesting living conditions that constitute torture …
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