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Over 3,000 sentences reduced under retroactive drug penalties amendment

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Over 3,000 prison inmates convicted of crack cocaine offenses have had their sentences reduced under an amendment to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines [USSC materials], according to a study [PDF text] released Thursday by the US Sentencing Commission [official website]. Of the 3,647 applications for early release, 3,075 have been granted and 572 denied, but most prisoners denied turned

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).

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