Ramses Barron Torres Death: DOJ Closes Investigation in Shooting of Unarmed …

Ramses Barron Torres Death: DOJ Closes Investigation In Shooting Of Unarmed …

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"While the loss of life is regrettable, the facts of this matter do not support a federal prosecution," the statement concluded. According to the DOJ, Border Patrol officers were responding to reports that smugglers were transporting drugs across the …
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Holder seeks to alter policy for low-level drug offenders

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Under certain statutes, inflexible sentences for drug crimes are mandated regardless of the facts or conduct in the case, reducing the discretion of prosecutors, judges, and juries. … Under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, for example, a minimum …
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Marijuana History In United States Sees Milestone, Pot First Banned In …

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a federal agency, "Research clearly demonstrates that marijuana has the potential to cause problems in daily life or make a person's existing problems worse." "In fact, heavy marijuana users generally …
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S. Dakota Indian Foster Care 1: Investigative Storytelling Gone Awry

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That is a factual flaw. Perhaps more upsetting to many of us is a moral one: concern for the centrally relevant matter of child neglect is simply dismissed. That many of the foster decisions, meanwhile, are in fact made by the tribes' own independent …
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