Roll Back Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Allow Judges to Measure Out …

Roll back mandatory minimum sentences and allow judges to measure out …
Current sentencing standards are the result of harsh anti-criminal measures dating to the late 1980s and early 1990s, as the use of crack cocaine in urban areas reached heightened proportions. Removing discretion from judges through the imposition of …
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Caroline man gets five years for shooting
The judge ordered Harris to serve his sentence in a rehabilitation setting, which helps inmates who have drug problems. “I'm ordering you to be in a therapeutic community because you have … Harris told an investigator after the shooting that he would …
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The Hugo Problem
After a drug and alcohol binge, he landed in the hospital. He went into rehab and got sober and, he says, initiated discussions with Pasadena City College officials about his past philandering with students. As part of his amends to PCC, he wrote the …
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