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  2. Safety valve (law) - Wikipedia

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    The safety valve is a provision in the Sentencing Reform Act and the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines that authorizes a sentence below the statutory minimum for certain nonviolent, non-managerial drug offenders with little or no criminal history.

  3. Pulsifer v. United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal sentencing statute, 18 U.S.C. 3553, contains a provision known as a "safety valve". The safety valve, located at § 3553(f), requires the trial courts to sentence qualifying defendants according to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, regardless of any statutory minimum sentences. Criteria for qualification are listed in § 3553(f)(1 ...

  4. Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 - Wikipedia

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    Other related Acts include the S.1410, "The Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013" (Durbin, Lee, Leahy, Whitehouse) and S.1675, Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2013 (Whitehouse, Portman). The Justice Safety Valve Act became one of many new bills to address prison overcrowding and the soaring cost to the American taxpayers. A quorum was ...

  5. Drug policy of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Licenses for ownership of dispensaries began being issued on February 30, 2023. With the legalization of recreational cannabis, Missouri became the 21 state to do so. [11] The Drug Enforcement Administration labeled cannabis as a schedule 1 drug, [12] but was changed to schedule 3 after article XIV was signed into the Missouri state constitution.

  6. Missouri law declaring federal gun laws ‘invalid’ struck down ...

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    A Missouri law that declares certain federal gun restrictions invalid is unconstitutional, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday – the second time a federal court has struck down the sweeping state ...

  7. How a GM layoff email sent to employees triggered a storm on ...

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    The cold sting of a car guy – a New Jersey kid who fell in love with autos at 3 years old when he got Hot Wheels cars from his dad – being handed his walking papers via email would grab the ...

  8. Smarter Sentencing Act - Wikipedia

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    The bill was introduced on July 31, 2013, by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and referred to the Judiciary Committee on October 20, 2013. It is related to the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, the Federal Prison Reform Act of 2013 (S. 1783) and others, in an effort to deal with the over-crowded, and under-funded, federal prison system.

  9. Attorneys for man awaiting sentencing say Missouri’s death ...

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    Attorneys for a man awaiting sentencing have filed a motion to declare part of Missouri’s law on the death penalty unconstitutional. In June, Ian McCarthy, 45, was found guilty of first-degree ...