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New crack guidelines means Willie Mays Aikens gets to go home

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this article from the Kansas City Star, "former Royals standout Willie Mays Aikens is scheduled to be released from federal prison today, and he could be at a Kansas City halfway house as early as this evening."  Here are more details from the article (which has more than a few legal errors):Aikens, prisoner 01732-031 at the federal correctional institution in Jesup, Ga., was sentenced to more than 20 years for crack cocaine distribution, bribery and gun charges under mandatory sentencing guidelines in 1994.... Three months ago, Congress approved new guidelines and made them retroactive ? making Aikens one of about 20,000 inmates eligible for early release. Laine Cardarella, a federal public defender, presented Aikens? case in federal court last month and argued successfully to end his prison sentence with time served...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 04, 2008 (boomark / email).