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Manafort got a lighter sentence than if he’d been dealing crack
If Manafort had been busted trying to sell an ounce of crack, he would have faced a mandatory federal five-year sentence.
Stanford rape case judge recuses himself from all criminal cases
Judge Aaron Persky in June handed down a sentence of six months jail time to Brock Turner, an All-American swimmer and Stanford student convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.
Here's How We Can Actually Reduce the Number of People in Prison
Nearly 50 percent of federal inmates are serving time for drug offenses that carry mandatory minimums. Minor changes to sentencing and admissions could reduce the population by 35 percent, new analysis shows.
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