Tags: Sentencing
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Court: Fair Sentencing Act Applies Retroactively
Law eliminates sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine sentences
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LulzSec Hackers Get Prison in England
Hacked Sony, others in 2011
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Lauryn Hill Gets Three Months in Jail for Not Paying Taxes
Time to sing the blues
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Sentence Reductions Begin in Calif. Due to Three-Strikes Law Reform
Prisoners given life sentences for minor third crimes slowly being freed
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US Calls for Amnesty for Jailed American in North Korea
Sentenced to 15 years of hard labor
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Report Calls for 'Compassionate Release' of More Federal Prisoners
Federal prisons don't offer parole, but sentences can be reduced in certain circumstances
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Florida Legislature Approves Speeding Up of Executions
It's not like guys on Death Row are regularly being found to be innocent or anything
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11 Sentenced in British Terror Plot
Ringleader gets life in prison
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Tsaernev Could Face Death Penalty for WMD Charge
Or life in prison
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Woman Sentenced for Faking Anti-Gay Hate Crime
Lied when she said men broke into her house and carved slurs into her body
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Man Who Stole Obama's Teleprompter Sentenced to 7 Years
Technically he stole the truck it was in, along with several other trucks
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Man Gets 17 Years in Seattle Terror Plot
Took part in plan to attack military base
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Wesley Snipes Finishes Tax Evasion Prison Sentence
Under house arrest until July
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Sex Offender's Activism Leads to Arrest
Trying to update laws, runs afoul of strict registry guidelines
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Department of Justice Considering Shorter Sentence for Former Enron CEO
Jeffrey Skilling serving a 24 year sentence for company's collapse
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Saudi Man Sentenced to Paralysis, Sparking Outrage
An eye for an eye, indeed
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Chef Who Cooked Wife Sentenced to 15 Years
Her body has never been found
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Man Proven Innocent After 20 Years, but Still Stuck in Prison
Problems over a parole violation 25 years ago
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Today Rand Paul and Pat Leahy Introduced a Bill to Fix Our Atrocious Federal Mandatory Minimum Laws
The bill isn't a panacea, but it is a long overdue step in the right direction.
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Hacker Gets 3.5 Years for Revealing AT&T Vulnerability
Figured out how to access personal data of customers