Brian Williams had a scare piece on NBC Nightly News last night about the current ‘debate’ at the U.S.
Sentencing Commission regarding making the new Federal Sentencing Guidelines for crack cocaine retroactive. (Apologies: the only link I could find to the piece forces you to watch a 15 to 30 second commercial first .)
Williams starts off with:
We learned today that thousands of serious drug offenders who are right now in federal prisons could soon be returned...
A 1:1 Ratio For Crack/Powder Cocaine?
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More Scare Tactics: "Obama Loves Criminals"
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Some Good Ideas About Federal Sentencing
Thanks to Mark Bennett for posting a .pdf to the Texas defense lawyers listserv of the recent letter by the Federal Defenders concerning sentencing reform to the U.S. Sentencing Commission....
Is the Obama 'New Yorker' cover tasteless?
The New Yorker’s latest cover, illustrated by The Politics of Fear artist Barry Blitt, has everyone pretty much flipping out today. Many, including both the Obama and McCain camps, say that...
Government Admits Marijuana Use Does Not Cause Violence
So someone googled “marijuana is associated with other crimes” and this blog came up on the eighth page of the results. I’m tempted to say the searcher had a hard time...
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