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8th Circuit affirms 20-year downward variance in sentencing

A federal appeals court upheld a trial judge's decision to impose a 10-year, rather than 30-year, sentence for the sale of crack cocaine. The vote was 10-1, but the court was far from unified. The decision, issued Monday by the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, resulted in four separate opinions and led the dissenting judge ...

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