U.S. Waives Mandatory Sentences for Low-Level Drug Offenders


 

U.S. waives mandatory sentences for low-level drug offenders – The Obama administration is calling for major changes to the nation’s criminal justice system that would cut back the use of harsh sentences for certain drug…

 

Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Certainly, the increase in law enforcement, new technology, data-driven criminology, the ubiquitous presence of video cameras, gradual slowing of the drug epidemic, aging of the population, skyrocketing institutionalization of criminals and the …
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Ex-Corrections officer gets 4-year sentence for 'ice' conspiracy

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

He was ordered to undergo a substance abuse treatment program under the direction of the U.S. Probation Office. U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona directed Babauta to contact the U.S. Marshal's Office by telephone thrice a …
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