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‘Taking the Rest of His Life Away’

Posted By Tim Lynch On April 15, 2010 @ 4:47 pm In Law and Civil Liberties | Comments Disabled

Upon sentencing a 24 year old to 27 years in federal prison on a drug charge, the Federal Judge Alan Bloch lamented, “I was basically taking the rest of his life away.”

Go here ^[1] to read about that case, which is coming before the Supreme Court for review. For related Cato scholarship on sentencing, go here ^[2] and here ^[3] (pdf). For Cato work on the drug war, go here ^[4].

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[1] here: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10087/1046268-84.stm

[2] here: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=1317

[3] here: http://www.cato.org/pubs/scr/2005/usvbooker.pdf

[4] here: http://www.cato.org/drug-war

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