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| Texas bears brunt of federal prison release |
| By watchdog.org- Kenric Ward |
| Published: 11/10/2015 |
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Federal prisons granted early release to 6,112 inmates last week, and Texas got more than any other state: 578. The largest single early release of convicts was set up by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, whose members were appointed by President Obama. While the government described the inmates as non-violent drug offenders, an Associated Press analysis of nearly 100 cases identified career felons who carried semi-automatic weapons and had past convictions for robbery and other violent crimes. Others moved cocaine shipments across state lines and participated in international heroin smuggling. Read More. |
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