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There is no clear answer to that question. In general, if an inmate's guidelines are reduced by the last crack cocaine guideline amendment and the mandatory minimum does not bar a reduction, he or she can file a request with the district court for a reduced sentence. But a reduction is not mandatory and depends on a variety of factors. Go to famm.org for more information.
Retroactivity Of The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Crack Cocaine Cases)
Tomorrow, the U.S. Sentencing Commission will vote whether to make reductions in the new guidelines for crack cocaine offenses retroactive to persons who were sentenced before the guidelines went into effect on November 1, 2010. [Update 7/1/11: The Commission did vote to make the changes retro...
Which district court is that from?
U.S. Attorney Ordered To Clean And Return Bong After Marijuana Case Dismissed
A while back I commented on the government's dismissal of a misdemeanor charge of possessing marijuana on national forest lands due to the Attorney General's new policy not to prosecute in federal court medical marijuana cases that are consistent with state law. See my 8/20/09, 8/23/09, and 10...
Judge Richard A. Jones, from the Western District of Washington
Prison Law Office Sues Over Race-Based Prison Lockdowns
California's use of race as a basis for locking prisoners in their cells after fights amounts to illegal discrimination and should be banned, attorneys representing inmates said in a class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday. The policy unfairly punishes innocent inmates simply because they have the...
A: Jan Karowsky. For the record, the jury hung on all charges against his client and the U.S. Attorney's Office later dismissed.
Which EDCA Attorney Followed Richard Pryor With Martin Luther King, Jr. In Closing Argument?
Which EDCA defense attorney quoted Richard Pryor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, and some guy named Terrence from 1063 B.C. (I think he just made this one up) on the meaning of "justice" in this closing argument? See "Justice" Closing Argument. Answer i...
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Jul 19, 2010
Did she clerk with you Tim?
Obama Diversifying Federal Bench
President Barack Obama is appointing women and minorities to federal judgeships at an unprecedented rate, and nowhere is the evidence more clear than in the Golden State. If she can make it through a logjam of judicial nominees in the U.S. Senate, Kimberly Mueller will make history, becoming the...
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Mar 15, 2010
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HL Leasing Lawyer Says He Will Find Missing Ponzi Scheme Money; New Blog Started For HL Leasing Victim/Investors
In this earlier post, I linked to a Fresno Bee article about the FBI's investigation of HL Leasing as a Ponzi Scheme and the suicide of its owner John Otto. An investor/victim who reports holding "leases" from HL Leasing has started this John Otto/HL Leasing blog designed for investors to share...
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