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U.S. SENTENCING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY VOTES TO ALLOW DELAYED RETROACTIVE REDUCTION IN DRUG TRAFFICKING SENTENCES.

Posted by Jessica Carmichael | Feb 07, 2015 | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 18, 2014) — The United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously today at a public meeting to apply a reduction in the sentencing guideline levels applicable to most federal drug trafficking offenders retroactively, meaning that many offenders currently in prison could be eligible for reduced sentences beginning November 2015.

Read the full press release on the Commission's website: http://www.ussc.gov/

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