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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. Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 - Wikipedia

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    The bills were worked on to merge the language of the Smarter Sentencing Act (H.R. 3382/S. 1410) and the Justice Safety Valve Act (H.R. 1695/S. 619) along with a new bill, S. 1783 the Federal Prison Reform Act of 2013, introduced by John Cornyn (R-TX). In October, 2013, both bills were still in committee. [2]

  4. 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 ...

  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. Supreme Court turns away Missouri’s long-shot attempt at ...

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    The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider Missouri’s long-shot bid to block former President Trump’s criminal sentencing and gag order in his hush money case. In a brief order, the ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    The Guidelines are the product of the United States Sentencing Commission, which was created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. [3] The Guidelines' primary goal was to alleviate sentencing disparities that research had indicated were prevalent in the existing sentencing system, and the guidelines reform was specifically intended to provide for determinate sentencing.

  9. Missouri man executed for girl's murder after governor denies ...

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    Missouri executed a man Tuesday night for the 2007 sexual assault and murder of a fourth-grade girl who called him "Uncle Chris." Gov. Mike Parson denied his clemency petition earlier this week ...