Author Archives: Mark Hochglaube
Study: Cutting Crack/Powder Sentencing Disparity Saving Millions
Cocaine Crack Disparity Saves Millions From the mid-80s to 2010, the federal sentencing guidelines instructed judges to sentence people convicted of drug offenses involving crack cocaine 100 times more harshly…...
2,000 Federal Crime Convictions to Be Reviewed for Validity
In an unprecedented and very positive move, the U.S. Department of Justice has just announced that it will undertake a massive review of federal convictions that may have been based…...
Warrants Have Gone to the Dogs in Searches and Drug Cases
Supreme Court Ruling on Drug Dogs When can dogs sign a search warrant for drugs? This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that dogs can provide probable cause for a…...
