Wednesday, 14. August 2013
Topic: DRUGS - on August 14, 2013 at 2:53:00 PM CEST
US could slash prison terms for drug dealers under sweeping review
Prison terms for all federal drug dealing offences could be cut under a sweeping sentencing review expected to be announced on Thursday that may go much further than the tentative steps toward ending America's "war on drugs", begun this week by attorney general Eric Holder.
The US Sentencing Commission, the independent government agency responsible for setting guidelines for judges, will meet in Washington to consider amending the "drug quantity table" – the grid that determines prison lengths for dozens of different categories of offence.
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