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August 30, 2011 The 2011 Criminal Justice Realignment Act becomes operative on October 1, 2011. As you know, the act makes significant changes to felony sentencing laws, and assigns courts a new and significant role in the revocation process for offenders who violate their terms or conditions of postrelease supervision or parole. In the AOC’s July 1, 2011,...

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August 30, 2011 The 2011 Criminal Justice Realignment Act becomes operative on October 1, 2011. As you know, the act makes significant changes to felony sentencing laws, and assigns courts a new and significant role in the revocation process for offenders who violate their terms or conditions of postrelease supervision or parole. In the AOC’s July 1, 2011,...

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If you're wondering how to sell at farmers' markets, you're at the right place. With increasing popularity and markets moving beyond produce to include vendors selling pre-packaged and hot foods, services and crafts, selling your product at a year round or seasonal market could be just the thing your business needs. But before you jump in and approach...

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A new trend in employment law, California companies have recently been experiencing a barrage of meal break lawsuits , challenging state labor rules and the extent to which an employer must provide time to rest. One of these lawsuits, filed against Terminix , ended earlier this week with a federal judge approving a $1.5 million settlement that will...

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"People using cannabis are less likely to be obese than people who do not use cannabis," authors say Colombes, France: The prevalence of obesity in the general population is sharply lower among marijuana consumers than it is among nonusers, according to an analysis published online this week in the American Journal of Epidemiology . Investigators at the Louis...

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Little Rock, AR: Criminal sentencing reform legislation passed by lawmakers earlier this year is now in effect. Senate Bill 750 , the Public Safety Improvement Act, intends to reduce the number of non-violent offenders incarcerated statewide by mitigating the sentences for certain low-level drug offenses. Democrat Gov. Mike Beebe, who strongly backed the measure, signed it into law...

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Washington, DC: The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued its final order rejecting a 2007 ruling from the agency's own Administrative Law Judge that it would be 'in the public interest' to grant the University of Massachusetts a license to grow marijuana for federally regulated research. The rejection preserves the monopoly held by US National Institute...

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Indigenous people from across North America are joining the White House protest against TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry crude oil from northern Alberta to Gulf Coast refineries in Texas. Read the original post: First Nations leaders join Keystone pipeline protest

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PHNOM PENH, 30 August 2011 (IRIN) - Building local resilience will prove key to better addressing the effects of climate change in Cambodia, this year's Cambodia Human Development Report (CHDR) Read more: CAMBODIA: Rural poor at risk from climate change, says report