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Still more local coverage of crack sentence reductions

By Douglas A. Berman

Continuing the regular drumbeat of local reporting on reduced crack sentences, here are stories from Vermont and West Virgina: "Jailed crack offenders from Vermont might be released" "28 Crack Offenders Released in W.Va." I assume that the US Sentencing Commission and the Department of Justice are trying to keep track of reduced crack sentence, but I am not sure either will report their data publically anytime soon.  I wonder if anyone else is trying to keep a head-count of exactly how many offenders have secured early release under the new crack rules.

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 11, 2008 (boomark / email).