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Supreme Court won’t extend reduced charges to low-level crack cocaine offenders
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a revised federal law does not allow prison inmates to seek a reduction in their sentences for possessing small amounts of crack cocaine. The court said the wording of one of the rare bipartisan achievements of the Trump administration, the First Step Act, which made sweeping changes to the …
Breaking the cycle of repeat offenses
CAPE CORAL, FLA — Policing and the push to improve it, is heavy on the minds of many, especially now. One major criticism is that law enforcement is heavy-handed and over-policing communities and people for non-violent crimes over and over. The Florida Sheriff’s Research Institute recently hit back against that claim, with this report. In …
King County prosecutors combat repeat offenders and increase in commercial break-ins
Please enable Javascript to watch this video “It’s basically like someone kicking you while you’re down, that is literally how it feels,” says Mike Vu, an owner of restaurant Kaname Izakaya & Shochu Bar. The bar and restaurant has been shut down since March following the Governor’s stay home, stay safe order. Now Vu is …
County jail revisits visitation technology following sex offender’s escape
Please enable Javascript to watch this video MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. – Morgan County authorities said 30-year-old John Kaleb Gillespie broke out of the Morgan County Jail two weeks ago. At some point after his escape, he met up with a 16-year-old girl. The two were found Monday near Bessemer. It’s not clear how they knew …
