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North Carolina U.S. Attorney Shappert "nullifies" retroactive relaxation of crack sentences

Submitted by Branden on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 9:59pm.

Have we found another member of Dick Cheney's "fourth branch of government", heedless of Congress and the courts?

While he might not word it in quite those terms, law professor Doug Berman of the Sentencing Law and Policy blog detects some un-kosher deprivation of due process in the Western District of North Carolina, the demesne of U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert.

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