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Dateline: Wash DC, 30Jun2011: For the second time in 16 years, the US Sentencing Commission is trying to apply a reduction in disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentencing. Today, the Commission voted unanimously on a decision to apply the pending crack law retroactively!
Colombian sub: Opps! Where'd the coke go??
Those sentenced with aggravating and mitigating circumstances will not be eligible. But, this site cautions: We’ve been there before… more…
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One of my favorite times of the day is the early morning hour…just around 5am when the cell doors are unlocked. Cleaning time, showers, getting ready for work, and the early morning news on the common-area TVs.
OJ Simpson
One my favorite games: Viewing the raw footage early, and then catching the edited form later. At times the differences are quite remarkable. Such as one morning during the final assault by the ATF and FBI on the Waco Compound.
The early news showed the para-military gov’t agents surrounding the compound shouting with glee, high-fiving each other as the main building burned. There were descriptions of survivors being gunned down as they tried to escape the flames. Later in the day, all that was edited out.
The most extreme example of news control I’ve witnessed is the October Rebellion of 1995. The largest mass-prison uprising in the history of the United States. Never heard of it? more…
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