Attacking Judges, Not Drugs
05-May-2005, United States, L.A. Times
One of every 138 U.S. residents is now serving time. Get-tough policies enacted in the 1980s and 1990s — like three-strikes laws in California and other states — have swelled the jail and prison inmate population to a record 2.1 million, according a ...
U.S. Prison Population, World's Highest, Up Again
24-April-2005, United States, Reuters
The U.S. penal system, the world's largest, maintained its steady growth in 2004, the Department of Justice reported on Sunday.
The latest official half-yearly figures found the nation's prison and jail population at 2,131,180 in the middle of ...
Actor Sizemore Told to Beat Drugs or Die
24-February-2005, United States, Reuters
Actor Tom Sizemore was told on Thursday to either beat his addiction to methamphetamine or die from it.
A Los Angeles judge said the "Black Hawk Down" and "Saving Private Ryan" actor was "out of control and cannot stop. Meth has consumed any will ...
Raaz in trouble over drugs charge, India seeks ...
17-February-2005, India, The Indian Express
India has sought consular access to Bollywood actor Vijay Raaz, who was allegedly caught with narcotics at the Abu Dhabi airport in the United Arab Emirates on Monday.
Indian Ambassador to UAE, Sudhir Vyas, is also learnt to have sought a report ...
The Ending of the Rockefeller Drug Penalties Is ...
09-January-2005, United States, The New York Times
By LESLIE EATON
Published: February 9, 2005
EDFORD HILLS, N.Y. - If any group of prison inmates has attracted public sympathy, it was the women whose first brush with the law left them locked up here for 15 years or more on drug ...
Q&A: the drugs bill
26-November-2004, United Kingdom, Guardian Unlimited
Yesterday the government unveiled the details of its new drugs bill, claiming the new measures were a direct response to voters' concerns and built on reforms to rebalance the criminal justice system in favour of law-abiding citizens and victims of ...
War on drugs is new battleground for party ...
26-November-2004, United Kingdom, Times Online
TONY BLAIR and Michael Howard promised firmer action on drugs as figures published yesterday showed that more 15-year-olds have tried cannabis in England than in any other European country.
The EU survey revealed that Britain also has the highest ...
Judge denounces mandatory minimums for drug ...
15-November-2004, United States, CBS Boston
One of Massachusetts' top judges denounced the state's sentencing laws Monday, saying that the mandatory two-year sentence for drug possession near schools discriminates against minorities, does not deter crime and decreases faith in the judicial ...
Supreme Court Declines to Hear 2 Cases Weighing ...
09-November-2004, United States, The New York Times
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear cases from New York and Washington State on whether states violate the federal Voting Rights Act when they strip felons of the right to vote. But with 48 states, all except Maine and Vermont, ...
Prison Issues, Drug War Hardly Factor Into ...
01-November-2004, United States, The New Standard
With over two million people behind bars, the US has a higher percentage of its citizens and residents locked up than does any other country. And as those incarceration rates continue to disproportionately hit communities of color and low-income ...
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