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Mandatory sentencing: thousands of prisoners released
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November 3, 2015
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5:35Now PlayingAfter twenty years - is America finally beating a retreat in its war on drugs? Over the weekend, thousands of prisoners were released - prisoners convicted under harsh mandatory sentencing measures introduced to combat the cocaine and crack crises of the 80s and nineties. Their sentences were reduced by months - in some cases by years.
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