'Mandatory minimum' sentences to end for many drug offenders
The department is also looking into new ways to identify drug offenders who can be sent to drug treatment or required to do community service as an alternative to prison. "Clearly, these strategies can work," Holder's speech says, citing recent efforts …
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US Attorney's Office Indicts Burke Co. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center, Its …
ASHEVILLE, NC—A Burke County drug and alcohol treatment center, its owner, and two of its employees have been indicted on False Claims Act conspiracy and bribery charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North …
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News from the courts
He pleaded guilty to two charges of theft. He was sentenced to 18 weeks, suspended for 12 months. He will be supervised by the probation service for a year, must comply with a drug rehabilitation requirement and pay £20 compensation. A 45-YEAR-OLD …
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