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July 5, 2011
A federal ruling to make new sentencing guidelines retroactive has been met with both caution and praise. Here's what's next.
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In today's link roundup: A decision today will reduce sentences for thousands of inmates. Plus: Images from the world's most failed states, and the top black celebrity chefs.
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Everyone agrees the difference in punishment for crack and cocaine makes no sense. So why settle for less than zero, asks the leader of Color of Change.
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