Obama Plans Clemency for Hundreds of Drug Offenders

Published April 24, 2014

Obama plans clemency for hundreds of drug offenders
Thirty years after skyrocketing urban violence and drug use sparked politicians to impose longer and longer sentences for drug crimes, America now incarcerates a higher rate of its population than any other country in the world. This dubious record has …
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Women drug arrests fill Latin American prisons
(WNN/IRIN) Bogata, COLOMBIA, AMERICAS: As growing numbers of women languish in Latin American jails on drug-trafficking charges, their role in organized crime is under the spotlight – as is the prison system that incarcerates them, and the patriarchal …
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Kicking the habit: staying clean and sober
Mandy Traugh kicked her addiction habit and graduated from the Hocking County Vivitrol Drug Court program. Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2014 7:30 am. Kicking the habit: staying clean and sober By DEBRA TOBIN Logan Daily News Reporter dtobin@logandaily …
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