Criminal
Sep. 21, 2007
Drug Cases Put Judges' Sentencing Leeway to High-Court Test
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Sentencing Commission has urged Congress for years to reduce the disparity between the harsh federal penalties for crack cocaine offenses and the less severe sanctions for powder cocaine.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Sentencing Commission has urged Congress for years to reduce the disparity between the harsh federal penalties for crack cocaine offenses and the less severe sanctions for powder cocaine.
After the Supreme Court gave federal judges more freedom in 2005 to sentence criminals as they wish, a judge in Virginia decided t...
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