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Drug case against African man remains open in Chicago

Many of our Chicago readers have heard of the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” which tells the fictional story of a woman who is incarcerated in a federal prison for taking a suitcase filled with drug money to her former girlfriend, an international drug smuggler. The show has attracted a lot of support in its first season and is set to go on for a second season in 2014. Behind the story is...

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Defendants appeal drug charges to U.S. Supreme Court

On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases involving criminal defendants convicted of drug crimes. One defendant was convicted of distributing heroin that killed a drug user in Iowa, while the other was convicted of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm in the course of drug trafficking in Utah. In the former case, the man was sentenced to 20 years, and in the latter case, 10 years. Both...

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Despite permissive new laws, marijuana still illegal at federal level

Late last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a new policy under which it would not be taking any action to block the implementation of new laws legalizing marijuana in Colorado and Washington. Prior to the announcement, of course, there had been some ambivalence about how the federal government would respond to the new laws, since the drug will continue to remain illegal under federal law. The announcement was a big deal, because it...

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AG gets rid of mandatory minimums for low-level drug offenders

Mandatory minimum sentences may not be something all of our readers have heard of, but for those who’ve been through the criminal justice system on federal drug charges, it probably is. Mandatory minimum sentences are something the federal government implemented back in the 1980s during the so-called “war on drugs.” The intent was to curb judges’ discretion as to prison sentences for convicted drug offenders. On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new policy...

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Chicago woman accuses officers of framing her in 2009 drug arrest

Our readers may have heard about the Chicago woman, formerly from a South Side housing development, who is suing three police officers for allegedly kicking her apartment door in and placing bags of crack cocaine outside her window back in 2009. The woman was acquitted of drug charged at trial after the incident, but she took the matter further by pursuing the officers. According to the women, the police did not have probable cause to...

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Illinois may soon allow medical marijuana

Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign into law today a measure that would legalize medical marijuana in Illinois. The bill, which would take effect in January, calls to the creation of a pilot program in which qualifying patients would be able to use up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana on a biweekly basis. To qualify for the program, patients would have to obtain a note from their doctor and must be diagnosed with at...

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Questioning law enforcement critical to criminal defense

Earlier this month, an alleged Chicago gang member who was arrested in La Crosse back in April on suspicion of selling illegal drugs pleaded not guilty to federal drug charges. The 50-year-old Indiana man, accused of being a member of the Black Disciples, allegedly sold cocaine and heroin according to agents from the FBI. He was arrested along with 16 other members of the Black Disciples in an investigation in which agents found 1.3 kilograms...

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ATF investigations push the limit of good police practice, P.2

In our previous post, we began speaking about investigation procedures currently used by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. As we noted, it is not uncommon for the agency to use stings to draw suspects into agreeing to rob drug stash houses that do not exist. The practice has been called into question, even among those responsible for prosecuting gun and drug crimes. The fictional aspect of the crimes and the agency’s...

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ATF investigations push the limit of good police practice, P.1

According to a recent analysis by USA Today, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (AFT), the agency charged with enforcing national gun laws, has incarcerated over 1,000 individuals by setting them up drawing them into a fake plot to rob drug stash houses that did not actually exist. While the strategy has come to be an important part of the ATF’s approach to criminal investigation, it is a good example of dubious policing...

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