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| Plan to cut inmates' sentences raises ire |
| By The Washington Post |
| Published: 11/14/2007 |
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration squared off against members of the federal judiciary yesterday over a proposal by an independent panel to reduce the sentences of thousands of federal inmates imprisoned on crack cocaine offenses. In testimony before the U.S. Sentencing Commission, which sets guidelines for federal prison sentences and recently established more lenient guidelines for future crack cocaine offenders, the administration implored commissioners to forgo making the policy retroactive so that 19,500 inmates would be eligible to have their sentences reduced. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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