Supreme Court Says Crack Sentences Can Be Reduced
The Supreme Court on Monday said judges may impose shorter prison terms for crack cocaine crimes, enhancing judicial discretion to reduce the disparity between sentences for crack and cocaine powder.
Archive for December 11, 2007
Panel says 19,500 crack inmates can seek reduced sentences
The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to allow some 19,500 federal prison inmates, most of them black, to seek reductions in their crack cocaine sentences.
The American Dream is Alive and Well … in Finland!
It’s harder for young workers to move up the economic ladder in the United States than in other wealthy countries. What happened to the American dream?
