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Ruling could free 2,500 drug inmates
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A federal sentencing panel reduces penalties in crack cocaine cases. One member says it's a matter of fairness.
By Richard B. Schmitt
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 12 2007
WASHINGTON — More than 2,500 federal inmates became eligible for early release from prison starting in March after the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted Tuesday to retroactively reduce the penalties for using and selling crack cocaine.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
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