More states roll back mandatory drug sentences
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The move this week by New York reflects concern about prison overcrowding and 'fairness.'
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Â· More prisoners being held in police and court cellsÂ· Slopping out returns as repairs are cancelled
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The New York State Legislature reached an agreement Tuesday to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws. The bipartisan deal would reduce sentences for many drug offenders and ease possession rules used to determine prison time.
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Fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but more are abusing prescription drugs, says a government report released Thursday.
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Governors told to move as many inmates as possible to open jails in response to prison overcrowding
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Fewer prison inmates were moved to death row in 2005, according to a federal study that shows one more person was executed than in the year before.
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State lawmakers pass a bill that allows judges to order treatment, joining 24 other states with similar legislation. By Gregg Krupa / The Detroit News.
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SACRAMENTO A study of drug offenders arrested after a proposition was passed that sent offenders to treatment instead of jail found that nearly half of the offenders were arrested again.
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The Supreme Court made it harder Thursday for most defendants to challenge their federal prison sentences.
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Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress toward outright abolishment in New Jersey.
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In a divided ruling, justices strike down portions of federal guidelines, forcing a redrawing of the sentencing system.
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A UCLA study concluded that California&#39;s Proposition 36, which diverts non-violent drug offenders to treatment programs instead of jail, has done less to curb re-arrest rates than drug courts or probationary programs, the Los Angeles Daily News reported
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Nonviolent drug offenders who were diverted to rehabilitation programs under Proposition 36 had higher rates of rearrest than those who remained in the criminal-justice system, a UCLA study released today says.
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The army is losing the equivalent of nearly a battalion to illegal drug use every year, research released Friday said.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it easier for some immigrants convicted of drug possession under state law to remain in the United States rather than being subject to deportation.
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People who sell drugs near schools or use children to help them could get tougher  sentences under a new law.
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Why a Supreme Court ruling on sentencing guidelines puts more power back on the bench