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Article • February 14, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs, Sentencing
Sixth Circuit Reverses 60-Month Upward Variance Sentence Based on News Article Provided to Parties by Court at Beginning of Sentencing Hearing by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that an Ohio federal district court erred when it doubled a defendant’s cocaine-possession …
Article • January 19, 2019 • from CLN February, 2019
Washington Governor Expects to Pardon About 3,500 for Single Misdemeanor Pot Convictions by Betty Nelander by Betty Nelander Washington Governor Jay Inslee aims to nip draconian marijuana incarceration in the bud — at least for those behind bars for possessing a small amount of it. “We shouldn’t be punishing people …
Article • January 18, 2019 • from CLN February, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs
DEA Agents Trap Cocaine-Trafficking Suspects with Doctored Blackberrys by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) agents apparently supplied suspected cocaine-traffickers with smartphones that the users thought were encrypted but instead were modified with eavesdropping technology. According to Human Rights Watch (“HRW”), it is unknown how often the …
Article • January 18, 2019 • from CLN February, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs, Appeals
Ninth Circuit Remands Drug Case for Reconsideration of Sentencing Guidelines’ Minor-Role Adjustment by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a drug defendant’s sentence because the district court may have misinterpreted United States Sentencing Guideline (“USSG”) § 3B1.2 and Amendment 794, …
Publication • January 8, 2019
United States Sentencing Commission Jan. 2019 - Intra-City Differences in Federal Sentencing Practices, 2005-2017 United States Sentencing Commission January 2019 INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District Judges in 30 Cities, 2005 - 2017 REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from CLN December, 2018
Oregon Enhanced Drug Penalty ‘For Consideration’ Element Requires Proof of Drug Sale or Agreement to Sell by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Supreme Court of Oregon held that the “for consideration” element of a “commercial drug offense” requires proof of a completed drug sale or an existing agreement to …
Article • October 30, 2018
News Probe: California Drug Deputies Target Latino Motorists by Kevin Bliss by Ed Lyon Throughout the United States, the federal government’s law enforcement agencies team up with local law enforcement agencies to form various task forces to monitor high-intensity drug trafficking routes. One such avenue is a stretch of highway …
New York City Decriminalizes Some Public Smoking of Marijuana in Policy Shift by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that as of September 1, 2018, the New York Police Department will no longer arrest individuals for the public smoking of marijuana in some …
Article • August 15, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
There’s No Rational Way to Justify America’s Drug Laws by Maia Szalavitz People assume a medical committee sat down to consider which recreational drugs were the safest and least addictive, and this wise group decided alcohol and tobacco should be legal, while marijuana and everything else shouldn’t. That’s not what …
ACLU Virginia -- Women in the Criminal Justice System - Pathways to Incarceration in Virginia, 2018 PHOTO: NARAL PRO-CHOICE OF AMERICA/FLICKR WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: PATHWAYS TO INCARCERATION IN VIRGINIA Acknowledgement First and foremost, we would like to thank the residents of Friends of Guest House in Fairfax, …
Publication • August 1, 2018
Office of the Inspector General: Review of the Justice Department's Clemency Initiative, 2018 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice OVERSIGHT INTEGRITY GUIDANCE Review of the Department’s Clemency Initiative Evaluation and Inspections Division 18-04 August 2018 Executive Summary Review of the Department’s Clemency Initiative Introduction Results in Brief …
Two Men Unlawfully Searched and Falsely Arrested for Sitting in Vehicle Settle with Middletown, N.Y., Cops by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Patrick Ammirati and James Esposito, who were arrested and prosecuted over a speck that wasn’t even a drug after Middletown, New York, police found them suspiciously sitting in …
Article • July 21, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018
Seattle to Toss Old Pot Convictions by Seattle’s mayor and city attorney announced plans in February 2018 to request court dismissal of all misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions obtained in city courts before the drug’s legalization in 2012. When the convictions are vacated or dismissed, they will disappear from the records …
Article • July 20, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018
Filed under: War on Drugs, Bail
District Court Grants Bail in a Drug Case Over Government’s Typical Assertion That ‘No Condition or Combination of Conditions Would Reasonably Assure the Defendant’s Presence at Trial’ by Proving that it can be done, Judge Coleen Kollar-Kotelly declined the Government’s request for an emergency stay in this case and, despite …
Article • July 20, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018
State Attorney in Vermont Won’t Prosecute Misdemeanor Opioid Treatment Drug Cases by Betty Nelander by Betty Nelander One Vermont county is using the muscle of the law to help curb the deadly opioid epidemic. Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George announced that her office will no longer prosecute “any citations …
Article • July 20, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018
Filed under: War on Drugs
Daily Caller Investigation Lays Opiate Crisis at Feet of DEA by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The federal Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) has contributed to the opioid crisis by more than tripling the number of individuals and organizations licensed to distribute controlled substances in the past 12 years, according an …
Article • July 8, 2018
$30,000 Settlement for Brooklyn Man Falsely Arrested by NYPD by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Derrick Baxton, who was arrested by officers of the New York Police Department with no evidence of wrongdoing, settled his federal civil rights lawsuit with the city of New York for $30,000.      On February …
Article • June 18, 2018 • from CLN July, 2018
Idaho Supreme Court Orders Acquittal for Insufficient Identification of Drug by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 2, 2018, the Supreme Court of Idaho vacated a prisoner’s conviction and sentence for possession of a controlled substance and ordered an acquittal because the substance she possessed had not been adequately …
Article • June 16, 2018
Marijuana Selling License Denied Due to Spouse’s Criminal Background by The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“WSLCB”) rejected a woman’s application for a retail marijuana license because her husband is serving a 44-year sentence for homicide. Libby Haines-Marchel, a mother of four, saw Washington State’s 2012 legalization of recreational …
Article • June 1, 2018
Maryland Couple Questioned After Police Misidentify Mushrooms in Facebook Post by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On May 11, 2018, John Garrison and girlfriend Hope Deery spent a day in the mountains, hiking and foraging for wild morel mushrooms, which were common near Darlington, Maryland. Like many people do without …
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