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  2. Smarter Sentencing Act - Wikipedia

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    The committees assigned to this bill passed the act by a vote of 15-5 and sent it to the House or Senate as a whole for consideration on October 22, 2015. On November 5, 2015 there was a significant move with the legislation. Both parties and both chambers of Congress agreed to revisions to federal sentencing guidelines and the mandatory minimums.

  3. Fair Sentencing Act - Wikipedia

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    Crack cocaine. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–220 (text)) was an Act of Congress that was signed into federal law by United States President Barack Obama on August 3, 2010, that reduces the disparity between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to trigger certain federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio [1] and eliminated the ...

  4. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act - Wikipedia

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    Reduce mandatory sentences for armed career criminals and violent firearm offenses from a 15-year minimum down to 10 years. [3] Reduce mandatory sentences for drug crimes from 15 to 10 years. [4] Limit the use of solitary confinement on juvenile prisoners. [5] Require the federal government to compile a list of every law that includes a ...

  5. Thousands of inmates could be denied a chance at shorter ...

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    The Supreme Court dealt a blow to thousands of prison inmates by ruling against a convicted drug dealer seeking a shorter sentence under the First Step Act of 2018. ... sentence under a 2018 law ...

  6. Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low ...

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    The trial court and the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled he was eligible for a mandatory sentence of at least 15 years. He actually received a 13 1/2-year sentence for ...

  7. Idaho bill to create mandatory minimums for fentanyl will be ...

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    House Bill 406, which would create mandatory minimum prison sentences for fentanyl crimes, passed the final hurdle in the Legislature after the Senate approved the bill Thursday in a 28-7 vote. It ...

  8. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    Sentencing criteria already in use by judges was thus codified as guidelines. The Commission essentially codified existing practice. Future modifications often reflected Congressional mandates, as in the case of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 that imposed increased and mandatory minimum sentences.

  9. Two 15-Year Sentences Illustrate the Ugly Interaction of Drug ...

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    The Supreme Court mulls how to apply a mandatory minimum for gun possession by people convicted of drug felonies. Two 15-Year Sentences Illustrate the Ugly Interaction of Drug and Gun Laws Skip to ...