Criminal – Sentence Reduction – Crack Cocaine

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 7, 2008

A defendant who was subject to a mandatory minimum sentence, which was reduced because of his substantial assistance to the government, cannot have his sentence further reduced because of the recent lowering of the crack cocaine sentencing guidelines, an Abingdon U.S. District Court holds. Unfortunately, the sentencing commission’s policy statement does not expressly answer the present ...

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