Marijuana Arrests at All-Time High, Far Exceed ...
29-October-2004, United States, DRC Net
The FBI reported Saturday that the number of arrests for violations of the marijuana laws hit an all-time high of 755,186 in 2003. Despite a decade of marijuana law reforms and protestations by police chiefs across the land that marijuana is not a ...
California reconsiders 'three-strikes' sentencing
14-October-2004, United States, CNN.com
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- California voters are taking a second whack at "three-strikes" guidelines a decade after they first passed the nation's toughest sentencing law.
Crime and punishment have always made for raw politics, and the ...
Two Brits on drug charges
09-October-2004, Singapore, Scotsman.com
TWO Britons have been arrested in Singapore as police allegedly smashed a major drug ring.
British-born magazine editor Nigel Bruce Simmonds, 35, was among 23 people held in raids against suspected traffickers and their clients which police said ...
Deal: Lewis' sentence to be served in offseason
07-October-2004, United States, Associated Press
ATLANTA -- Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis pleaded guilty Thursday to using a cell phone to try to set up a drug deal and will be sentenced to four months in prison, to be served after the regular season ends in January.
Lewis could ...
The Colors of Justice
25-September-2004, United States, Austin Chronicle
In 2003, Williamson County Sheriff's Office investigators made a series of significant felony drug busts. In January and again in October, WCSO detectives dismantled two methamphetamine lab operations – one near Georgetown and one further west, in ...
Jury Duty? I'll Drink to That!
16-September-2004, United States, Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers dreading jury duty take note: it's OK to be drunk on booze or high on pot or cocaine while doing your civic duty.
So said a New York judge on Wednesday, who refused to set aside the verdict on a retired city ...
Jail no answer: Drug experts say jail not always ...
01-September-2004, Australia, Bunbury Mail
SENDING drug users to jail is not always the best way to deal with the problem, according to a local drug rehabilitation group.
St John of God's South West Community Drug Service Team manager Bev Morton said there were times when jail was the ...
Federal Judge Declares Sentencing Guidelines ...
02-July-2004, United States, Drug Reform Coordination Network
All but lost amid the furor and speculation in the wake of the US Supreme Court's Blakely decision (see story this issue) last Thursday was a ruling three days earlier by a US Circuit Court judge that federal sentencing guidelines are ...
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