Items tagged with sentencing
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| Former Supreme Court justice blasts minimum sentences for marijuana offenders [15.05.2012] | Canada’s new mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders are based on “very bad criminal law policy” and constitute a threat to public health as w ... |
| Obama Hasn’t Reformed Criminal Justice—Could Romney Do Better? [12.04.2012] | Whose website laments that in the United States today we have “more than one million nonviolent offenders fill the nation’s prisons,” and sings the p ... |
| Improving community health and safety in Canada through evidence-based policies on illegal drugs [28.03.2012] | The use of illegal drugs remains a serious threat to community health. However, despite the substantial social costs attributable to illegal drugs, a ... |
| Ottawa's ideology-based drug policies under fire [28.03.2012] | A number of leading figures in Canadian public health are criticizing the federal government's approach to drug policy, suggesting political ideology ... |
| U.S. officials tell Tories war on drugs has failed [22.02.2012] | A high-profile group of current and former U.S. law enforcement officials has written to the Conservative government with a surprising message: Take ... |
| Pills and progress [11.02.2012] | On a recent evening, some 50 people turned up for their weekly reckoning at Judge Joel Bennett’s drug court in Austin, Texas. Those who had had a goo ... |
| 'Soft drug' legalization law may be withdrawn [02.02.2012] | Greece may withdraw a bill allowing the possession of small amounts of 'soft' drugs for personal use because of opposition from two parties that supp ... |
| The war on the truth about drugs [24.01.2012] | What's the smallest unit of celebration? A whooplet? I need one to mark the news that sentencing for drug offences, in some cases, will be shortened. ... |
| Drugs mule terms cut in new sentencing guidelines [24.01.2012] | People who smuggle drugs will face more lenient sentences if they have been exploited, under new guidelines. The change in approach on "drug mules" f ... |
| Drug guidelines suggest lighter sentences for 'social dealers' [24.01.2012] | Recreational drug users who naively buy small quantities to share with their friends could avoid jail under sentencing guidelines for drug offences. ... |
| Obama Drug Policy: Reforming the Criminal Justice System [02.12.2011] | The complexity and scale of our drug problem requires a nationwide effort to support smart drug policies that reduce drug use and its consequences. T ... |
| Justices to Decide on Fairness in Drug Sentences [28.11.2011] | The Supreme Court agreed to resolve a question that has vexed the lower federal courts since Congress enacted a law to narrow the gap between sentenc ... |
| How to determine personal use in drug legislation [23.08.2011] | Distinguishing between drug possession for personal use and supply and trafficking is widely acknowledged as one of the most difficult and controvers ... |
| Response from IDPC to the Sentencing Council for England and Wales Consultation on the Drug Offences Guideline [01.06.2011] | The Sentencing Council for England and Wales initiated a consultation process in order to produce definitive sentencing guidelines for drugs offences ... |
| Alternatives to Imprisonment [01.04.2011] | The Sentencing Advisory Council has released a report on community attitudes towards the use of alternatives to imprisonment in Victoria. The report ... |
| Sentencing for Drug Offences in England and Wales [09.06.2010] | Sentencing for drug offences in England and Wales has recently undergone a wide-sweeping review and public consultation. The purpose of this report i ... |
| Pardon for Mules in Ecuador [01.02.2009] | At the end of 2008, about 1,500 persons were released who were in Ecuadorian prisons sentenced for drug trafficking. The measure, known as “pardon fo ... |
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