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Prisoners request reduced sentences

Published 12:00am Monday, March 31, 2008

THE SELMA TIMES-JOURNAL Federal prisoners convicted of crack cocaine possession in the U.S. Southern District in Mobile and Selma have begun to ask for reduced sentences. The docket has revealed a flurry of requests, although the new federal sentencing guidelines for the drug came down late last year, the retroactive effect didn&8217;t become effective until [...]

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