A chastened 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week affirmed a lenient prison sentence it had once thrown out, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that has helped roil the world of sentencing guidelines. On Thursday, the court en ...

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A federal appeals court upheld a trial judge’s decision to impose a 10-year, rather than 30-year, sentence for the sale of crack cocaine. The vote was 10-1, but the court was far from unified. The decision, issued Monday by the ...

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A federal appeals court upheld a trial judge’s decision to impose a 10-year, rather than 30-year, sentence on a defendant convicted of selling crack cocaine. The decision, issued today by the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, resulted in ...

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A man sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine will get a do-over by a federal appeals court. The U.S. Supreme Court told the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday morning to re-review Clint L. ...

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After nearly 16 years in prison, Frank Harvey Jr. is making up for lost time and rebuilding relationships with his family and his friends. Convicted of a conspiracy to distribute one kilogram of crack cocaine, Harvey began serving what was to have been a 17½-year sentence in 1993. He was released in April 2008 after U.S. District Judge Donald Stohr, of the Eastern District of Missouri, reduced Harvey's sentence to 14 years. Harvey had already served 15 years and eight months, so he was credited for time served and released immediately.

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Memo to criminal defense lawyers: If the government makes an oral promise, get it in writing. Tyler M. Leach pleaded guilty to one count of using interstate commerce to attempt to entice a minor into illegal sexual conduct. U.S. District ...

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A Jamaican national who more than once entered the United States illegally gets to stay in this country a while longer – in federal prison. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed the sentence imposed on Barrington ...

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Federal prosecutors in St. Louis indicted Deidra Humphrey, an ACORN voter registration recruiter, on federal voter fraud charges, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced Monday. According to the indictment, Humphrey gathered voter registrations for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform ...

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