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First Texans released thanks to retroactive reduction of federal crack cocaine penalites

By Gritsforbreakfast

Since the Rothgery case has me thinking about the federal courts this week - not my usual terrain, to be sure - I was pleased to notice an AP article localizing a federal story for Texas ("Inmates seeking shorter sentences on crack cocaine crime," March 16), via Crime and Consequences, detailing the results of retroactive changes in federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine:Since last week, more than 250 inmates in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have filed requests for shorter sentences, according to federal probation officials. The officials didn't know how many inmates have been released, but about 80 have been freed in the eastern district of Texas. Around the country, about 800 inmates have been released out of the estimated 20,000 convicted of crack cocaine offenses and eligible for lighter prison terms under the new federal guidelines...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).