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 Preppie Killer 
 Gets 19 Years for Drugs 

Robert Chambers avoids life sentence with plea, returns to jail for dealing coke to cops

New York Daily News New York Daily News Sep 3, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Preppie killer" Robert Chambers, one of New York’s most infamous murderers, was sent back to prison for another 19 years after pleading guilty to drug-dealing, the Daily News reports. Chambers, who spent 15 years behind bars for strangling 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in Central Park in 1986, had been out of prison for 4 years when cops busted him for selling cocaine. More »

More about:  New York City • drug dealing • killer • drug sentence • Robert Chambers

First Inmates Freed in Crack Overhaul

More than 3,000 eligible for release this year under new sentencing guidelines

Washington Post Washington Post Mar 5, 08 3:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal prisons are beginning to release prisoners to comply with new crack-cocaine sentencing guidelines, the Washington Post reports. The US Sentencing Commission made more than 3,000 inmates eligible for release this year by voting in December to even out punishments for crack-cocaine offenses against those involving powdered cocaine; crack sentences had been 100 times harsher, though the drugs are nearly the same. More »

More about:  drugs • cocaine • Michael Mukasey • crack cocaine • sentencing guidelines • drug sentence • prisons

New Standards Reduce Crack Cocaine Terms

Federal effort tries to bring parity to drug sentencing guidelines

New York Times New York Times Nov 2, 07 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crack cocaine offenders will receive shorter prison sentences under new federal guidelines, which replaced rules that treated a gram of crack like 100 grams of powder cocaine. The rules introduced yesterday reduce the average sentence to 8 years, 10 months, the Times reports, and may reflect an effort to restore credibility to sentencing guidelines judges often ignored. More »

More about:  Congress • Department of Justice • cocaine • crack cocaine • sentencing guidelines • drug sentence • federal sentencing

Judges Condemn Sentencing Guidelines

High court, Mukasey may give them leeway

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Sep 29, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Judges across the country are condemning federal sentencing guidelines, 1980s-era anti-drug laws that force them to impose “irrational” sentences, the LA Times reports. “When I have to sentence a midlevel drug dealer to more time than a murderer, something is wrong,” said a judge forced to sentence a 24-year-old to 59 years for selling pot. More »

More about:  crime • US Supreme Court • drugs • Michael Mukasey • sentencing • War on Drugs • federal prison • drug sentence

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