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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27
RT: @JusticeReform. Reducing recidivism rate directly reduces crime rate.—U.S. AG Eric Holder http://bit.ly/c2tPJ # #Cannabis at the Capitol in #Bozeman Saturday!: http://digg.com/u1CiWf -Ethan Nadelmann speaking. Free Brownies! #
Drug Treatment Credited With OR Crime Drop
Oregon is doing something right, if new crime figures from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are the gauge. The state’s rate of violent crime dropped 10.6 percent from 2007 to 2008, the largest decrease in the nation, and property … Continue reading
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Chilling Findings in Report on Prison Sex-Abuse
“Sexual abuse of inmates in BOP facilities has severe consequences for victims and undermines the safety and security of federal prisons. We believe the Department should take additional steps to further improve its efforts to address this serious problem.” ~Inspector General Fine
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Tagged Bureau of Prisons, Inspector General, Justice Department, U.S.Marshals Service
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7th Circuit Chief Judge Calls for Loosening of Guidlines
Even under advisory guidelines, district judges are still required to calculate an appropriate range before using their own discretion in determining a sentence. Likewise, appellate judges must still make sure that the range calculation was done correctly even when a sentence is outside the range.
Link Dump August 2009
Link Dump. Medical Marijuana and related in Montana news. August 2009.