Anchorage Man Gets Prison Time on Drug Charge

Anchorage man gets prison time on drug charge
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 27-year-old Anchorage man will spend two years and six months in a federal prison after being convicted of selling crack cocaine. Prentiss Lashaun Johnson was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Anchorage. Prosecutors said he … Read more on Sacramento Bee

New Drug Law Narrows Crack, Powder Cocaine Sentencing Gap – Read the Transcript: to.pbs.org President Obama signed a new law that will close the long-disputed 100:1 gap in federal sentencing for powder versus crack cocaine. Gwen Ifill sits down with former Arkansas congressman Asa Hutchinson, who served as the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration under President George W. Bush, and Judge Reggie Walton, who sits on the US District Court bench for Washington, DC, to debate the new legislation.

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Filed under: Crack Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines
… exception to the federal government's higher penalties for those who deal crack rather than powder cocaine, citing that “ridiculous” disparity as his reason for reducing a convicted crack dealer's sentence below the range called for in sentencing … Read more on Washington Post

17 to 25 years for sex assault, threats
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An Omaha man has been sentenced to 17 to 25 years in prison for attempted sexual assault and making terroristic threats, although he must first finish a three-year term for delivery of crack cocaine. Romance McIntyre, 24, was sentenced Monday by Sarpy … Read more on Omaha World-Herald