Judges given leeway in crack sentencing (AP)

Posted on Monday 10 December 2007

Undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows two Narcotics Identification Kit (NIK) tests positive for cocaine. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard)AP - The Supreme Court, weighing in on an issue with racial undertones, ruled Monday that federal judges have broad leeway to impose shorter prison terms for crack cocaine in a case that bolsters the argument for reducing the difference in sentences for crack and powder cocaine.



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