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Implementing the new crack guidelines retroactivity in Connecticut

By Douglas A. Berman

The Connecticut Law Tribune has this new article detailing how the new crack guidelines have been implemented in the Nutmeg State.  Here are some excerpts: According to statistics compiled by the Federal Public Defenders Office in Connecticut, 154 out of 410 potentially eligible inmates in Connecticut had their sentences reduced between March 2008 and the beginning of this month.  Eighty other petitions were denied, while about 50 more are still pending. ?The biggest problem was screening all the potential candidates and determining if they?re eligible,? said Connecticut Federal Defender Thomas Dennis. He said far more than 410 inmates contacted his office to inquire about their eligibility, even those without crack cocaine convictions......continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 17, 2009 (boomark / email).