Word: jails
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Nixon's proposed changes will make the first conviction for marijuana possession a misdemeanor rather than a felony, eliminate the two-year mandatory minimum sentence, and reduce the penalty to a one-year maximum jail sentence or $5000 fine. Subsequent convictions still will carry a mandatory minimum jail sentence of five years, and a maximum...
Mann was arrested in Montpelier. Vt,. on October 7 on charges of petty larceny. He was released from the Washington County Jail on $2300 bond last week; "someone in Vermont put up his house to raise the money for Mann." Roscoe said...
Miss Wattenburg was also arrested in Montpelier on the petty larceny charges. She was released from Washington County Jail on October 9 after raising $300 bail, and "has now taken off," according to Roscoe. Miss Wattenburg is wanted on two charges of assault and battery, and one of disturbing the peace...
First Revision. This week a Senate committee is scheduled to receive proposals that, if enacted, would constitute the first comprehensive revision of federal narcotics penalties since 1937. For the first time, distinctions would be drawn between professional criminals, confirmed addicts and casual drug users. Mandatory jail sentences for mere possession of drugs-now a minimum of two years-would be eliminated. The first offense would be downgraded from a felony to a misdemeanor, although possession with intent to sell would remain a felony. For professional pushers, a jail term of at least five years would still be required...
...drugs for one's own use would be limited to a year's imprisonment and a $5,000 fine for first offenders. It is now ten years and a $5,000 fine. Maximum penalties for sale of narcotics would vary for first offenders from twelve years in jail and a $25,000 fine to 20 years and $25,000. It is now 20 years and a $20,000 fine...