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Criminal

Sep. 11, 2001

Worst Fears Fulfilled

SAN FRANCISCO - With a judicial stroke of the pen, the 17-year-old federal mandatory minimum sentencing law has been tossed on the legal trash heap. Just one question remains: Will the decision survive long enough for the ink to dry?

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - With a judicial stroke of the pen, the 17-year-old federal mandatory minimum sentencing law has been tossed on the legal trash heap. Just one question remains: Will the decision survive long enough for the ink to dry?
        Less than two weeks after the 9th U.S. Circuit C...

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