Govt starts cutting sentences of crack inmates
The federal government said yesterday that it has received hundreds of court orders reducing the prison sentences of crack cocaine offenders in the two days since new sentencing guidelines took effect.
A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons could not say how many prisoners have already been released under the U.S. Sentending Commission's new guidelines, but the bureau has processed about 400 orders modifying prison terms nationwide. DARRYL FEARS in the Washington Post.