Court Says Consecutive Sentencing a Collateral Consequence

Published February 12, 2013

Court says consecutive sentencing a collateral consequence

Filed under: physical effects of cocaine

"A court's silence regarding collateral consequences will not warrant vacating a plea because they are peculiar to the individual," Judge Victoria Graffeo wrote for the court. Belliard in 2006 was arrested after selling cocaine to a police informant … Read more on Thomson Reuters News & Insight

How Feds Handle Pot Growing In California Could Impact Colorado

Filed under: physical effects of cocaine

On the federal level marijuana is still classified as a Schedule 1 narcotic on par with heroin and cocaine. Despite the fact that marijuana is illegal federally, the Department of Justice is not saying how it will handle marijuana in the two states … Read more on CBS Local

6741 Reasons to Think Obama Is Not Serious About Criminal Justice Reform

Filed under: physical effects of cocaine

After all, he has made noises about criminal justice reform in the past, he supported shrinking the irrational sentencing gap between crack and cocaine powder (a reform that was favored by virtually every member of Congress), and… Well, that's pretty … Read more on Reason (blog)