Government
Nov. 15, 2007
Retroactive Crack Sentences Pose Legal Logjam
WASHINGTON - Lawyers are predicting extensive litigation across the nation if the U.S. Sentencing Commission decides to apply retroactively its recently passed lower penalties for crack cocaine offenses.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - Lawyers are predicting extensive litigation across the nation if the U.S. Sentencing Commission decides to apply retroactively its recently passed lower penalties for crack cocaine offenses.
Such a move would affect approximately 19,500 inmates, including 307 in California, according to the commission.
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