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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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by John McWhorter onAugust 30, 2010
Changing the policy that has broken up families and put thousands of men in prison would have a far more positive impact on the black community than any number of symbolic marches.
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December 27, 2009
Mexico reconsiders its war on drugs, Poet and activist Dennis Brutus dies, and Percy Sutton, New York politician and businessman, 89, gone.
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September 14, 2009
More of your neighbors are channeling their inner drug dealers to make the rent. Should they be locked up or should the government finally end the futile fight against marijuana and allow people to make a living?
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