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59197 Re: Obama to Commute Sentences for 8 in Crack Cocaine Cases
   clo ...he mention anything about a pardon for Zimmerman?
ribit   FFFT   20 Dec 2013
3:54 AM
59189 Re: Obama to Commute Sentences for 8 in Crack Cocaine Cases
   Seems reasonable in these cases. Be nice if there was some agency that...
killthecat   FFFT   20 Dec 2013
12:58 AM

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Obama to Commute Sentences for 8 in Crack Cocaine Cases

By: clo in FFFT
Fri, 20 Dec 13 12:02 AM
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Obama to Commute Sentences for 8 in Crack Cocaine Cases

President Obama, expanding his push to curtail severe penalties for drug offenses, is expected on Thursday to commute the sentences of eight federal inmates who were convicted of crack cocaine offenses. Each inmate has been imprisoned for at least 15 years, and six were sentenced to life in prison.

It would be the first time retroactive relief was provided to a group of inmates who most likely would have received significantly shorter terms if they had been sentenced under current drug laws, sentencing rules and charging policies.

Most of the eight would be released in 120 days.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/us/obama-commuting-sentences-in-crack-cocaine-cases.html?emc=edit_na_20131219




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