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More laws, longer sentences fuel explosive growth of federal criminal system
By Luke Rosiak Feb 18, 2010 2:42 p.m.On Monday, Presidents' Day, Hamedah Hasan petitioned President Barack Obama to commute her 27-year sentence for the first-time, nonviolent offender's tangential role in a crack distribution conspiracy. She has already served 17 years of the sentence imposed under then-mandatory federal sentencing guidelines.
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