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U.S. v. Fisher, No. S3 03 CR 1501 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y.) (451 F.Supp.2d 553) (October 11, 2005) (Judge Shira A. Scheindlin)

Loaded on Sept. 1, 2005 published in Punch and Jurists September 19, 2005
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Crack v. Powdered Cocaine.

Judge Scheindlin started this decision by stating: "In the 11 years that I have served as a district court judge, I have been troubled by the exceedingly harsh sentences imposed on those who deal in crack cocaine. I find it unsettling, for example, that a defendant who deals five grams ...

 

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