Government
Jul. 2, 2011
Commission Applies Sentencing Law Retroactively
As many as 12,400 federal inmates held for crack cocaine offenses could get out of prison sooner following the U.S. Sentencing Commission's unanimous decision Thursday to apply a sentencing-reform law retroactively.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - As many as 12,000 federal inmates held for crack cocaine offenses could get out of prison sooner following the U.S. Sentencing Commission's unanimous decision Thursday to apply a sentencing-reform law retroactively.
Prisoners can begin filing motions Nov. 1 for reduced sentences under the 2010 law that closed the sentencing gap between crack and powder cocaine offenses, unless Congr...
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