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Mandatory Minimums Forced Me to Send More Than 1,000 Nonviolent Drug Offenders to Federal Prison

Published on: 29 October 2012

Written by: Judge Mark All articles by Judge Mark

If lengthy mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug addicts actually worked, one might be able to rationalize...
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The Exile Nation Project - Robert Halstead

Published on: 9 April 2012

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

Robert Halstead (son of Janet Maddox Goree featured last week) is serving a 30 year sentence for armed robbery at a...
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oD Drug & Criminal Justice Front Line Report - March 28, 2012

Published on: 28 March 2012

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

This week negative critique of the War on Drugs and the Prison-Industrial Complex goes mainstream (and, dare we say,...
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The Exile Nation Project - Janet Maddox Goree

Published on: 27 March 2012

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

‎"The man who murdered my grandchild got probation, and my son, who didn't hurt anyone, got 30 years. How can that...

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