Blog Posts in May, 2014
Posted on May 29, 2014 By Steve Nolder
The United States Supreme Court's "Reporter of Decisions" is an office employing eleven employees who are responsible for technical editing, proofreading and cite-checking all of the ...
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Posted on May 28, 2014 By Steve Nolder
Those closely following federal sentencing reform in crack cases are familiar with the acronyms FSA and SSA. Even though those pieces of legislation were designed to bring sentencing decrease ...
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Posted on May 28, 2014 By Steve Nolder
After a peak in the number of inmates confined in county and city jails at midyear 2008 (785,533), the local jail population was significantly lower by midyear 2013 (731,208). The jail incarceration ...
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Posted on May 28, 2014 By Steve Nolder
We all dream of a happy and fulfilling retirement as a reward for living and working in the rat race. Approaching the golden years, most are concerned with which Medicare supplemental insurance to buy ...
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Posted on May 27, 2014 By Steve Nolder
Justice Kennedy announces opinion on use of IQ scores in death sentence. (Art Lien) Freddie Lee Hall was convicted of abducting and killing a housewife in Leesburg, Florida. After that, Hall robbed a ...
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Posted on May 27, 2014 By Steve Nolder
By now, I hope you're all aware that unless something unforeseen occurs, on November 1, 2014, the Sentencing Commission will implement a new drug guideline that will result in an across-the-board ...
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Posted on May 1, 2014 By
LEAVE THE BEACH TRASH ALONE! Remember all those times you walked the beach on vacation hoping to find something of value that washed up overnight. Hell, an unbroken seashell was often a treasure. ...
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