Sentences with phrase «on crack cocaine»

This is most apparently, of course, in the context of the Kimbrough case's focus on crack cocaine sentencing realities.

One night troubled student Drey (Shareeka Epps) chances upon him while he's high on crack cocaine, and a bond is forged.

Sanchez by far best buy, how barca sold them, they must have been on crack cocaine at the time round a table when they made that decision.

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But most of them took one look at the country's most notorious neighbourhood — gorgeous but crumbling buildings, a crack - cocaine epidemic on top of a heroin problem, mentally ill people living on the streets — and shook their heads.

The maximum stake on fixed - odds betting terminals (FOBTs)- known as the crack cocaine of gambling - is to be cut from # 100 to between # 50 and # 2.

On Tuesday, Liverpool Crown Court heard Stapleton was a habitual user of cocaine, heroin, crack cocaine, cannabis and Spice, who had 108 previous convictions including numerous burglaries, dishonesty offences and drug possession.

«I used Dagoba organic 87 % cacao chocolate (if you like dark chocolate, this stuff might as well be crack - cocaine), coconut oil, and cashew butter (pretty sure we discussed this at your birthday party, but I make my own with roasted cashews, agave nectar, and either coconut or safflower oil depending on what I have at the time).

The country has a festering problem with crack cocaine addiction, because the Colombian couriers distribute the drug as salary to their Belizean assistants, who sell it for a relative pittance on the streets of Belize City.

For a long time, there was only one thing people knew when they heard the name Coss Marte: By age 19 he was making $ 2 million a year as a drug kingpin, selling weed and ecstasy and cocaine and crack on the Lower East Side, right around the corner.

Among the officers on the force was Terry Young, a high - ranking leader of the Traveling Vice Lords who was later sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of heading the street gang's cocaine, crack and heroin operation on the West Side.

In the Bronx, NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia was shot on a block where guns, crack cocaine and hot tempers seem to pool.

On Thursday, Nov. 29, an Ulster County jury convicted Chad Richards on all counts in an indictment alleging that he sold crack cocaine to undercover cops on two occasions back in November 201On Thursday, Nov. 29, an Ulster County jury convicted Chad Richards on all counts in an indictment alleging that he sold crack cocaine to undercover cops on two occasions back in November 201on all counts in an indictment alleging that he sold crack cocaine to undercover cops on two occasions back in November 201on two occasions back in November 2011.

Bronx native Latisha Ryer, 35, was arrested on charges of possessing and selling crack cocaine in Port Jervis today.

Spring Valley poice said agencies spent five months investigating «a network of career criminals» who had been alleged to be dealing heroin and crack cocaine in the Lakeview Village apartment complex on Memorial Dr and South Lake Street in Spring Valley.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on Thursday said he has ordered an internal review of hiring practices and oversight in the wake of the arrestof a former state pension fund manager accused of taking bribes that ranged from cash to crack cocaine to prostitutes in exchange for steering $ 2 billion in investments to Wall Street broker - dealers.

Authorities are cracking down on the St. Tropez party scene and have recently broken up a cocaine and prostitution ring.

The defendants — who range in age from 18 to 56 — were targeted during pre-dawn raids early today and are charged with selling powdered and crack cocaine, heroin and highly addictive prescription pharmaceuticals to undercover police officers on dozens of occasions since last November.

Inspired by the life of Pulitzer prize - winning journalist Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner) and his «Dark Alliance» exposé on the explosion of crack cocaine in the United States (which inevitably ruined his career), the film draws attention to the power and reach of fourth and fifth estate journalism and to the subjective objectivism of its gatekeepers.

The girl was chewing on the bag, thinking the white stuff inside was sugar — but it was actually crack cocaine.

Woodrell's Ozark tale focuses on 16 - year - old Ree Dolly, who dreams of joining the army to get away from her crack - cocaine - dealing family but who instead gets caught in the crossfire when her father jumps bail, leaving her stuck with two younger brothers, facing the loss of their house, and in dangerous conflict with her hostile relatives.

To what extent do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to what extent do the personal morals and ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe what a wonderful investment it is and go on about why you should own it.Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or do you compartmentalize your conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and make your investing decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise on a human level.I can not in good conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.

Its very close to mine but the one game that's like crack cocaine to me is civ: revolution, I love wrecking havok on those little guys world.

Among these new works is an environmental installation with sound entitled Pinocchio Is On Fire, which examines key moments in the history of the black community in Los Angeles from the early 1980s to the present (with cultural references that include the rise of HIV and crack cocaine during the 1980s, gangster rap, and mega-churches, along with aspects of the artist's own biography).

Some of those topics included analyses of cheating by teachers, the economics of being a crack cocaine dealer, and the impact of legalized abortion on the crime rate.

I'm assuming that CA readers are aware that, once the Yamal series got on the street in 2000, it got used like crack cocaine by paleoclimatologists.

Andy Thomson, the designer of the Sustain Minihome, used to describe propane (bottle gas) as the «crack cocaine of the tiny living movement» because of the dependence on it for the real hit of heat it provides.

At the time of the arrest, police officers found several grams of crack on Davis and crack, powdered cocaine, and several other drugs in Nembrand - Walker's pockets.

Succinctly stated, Kimbrough held that «district courts are entitled to reject and vary categorically from the crack - cocaine Guidelines based on a policy disagreement with those Guidelines.»

After 24 years on the books, 15 years of trying, 7 Congresses, 10 hearings, three Sentencing Commission reports, and 75,000 defendants sentenced... today, the U.S. Senate voted — unanimously — to make crack cocaine penalties fairer...

But jurors in November 2007 acquitted him on every count, save for a $ 600, half - ounce crack - cocaine deal seven years ago.

Both girls had fled their homes, lived on the streets, and were regular users of crack cocaine and marijuana.

«While a handful of district courts, following Booker, have taken it upon themselves to lower guideline ranges for crack offenses based on a perceived unfairness in comparison with sentencing for powder cocaine crimes, this is plainly beyond judicial authority, and the appellate courts to address the matter have unanimously rejected this result.

A Police investigation lead them to find a large quantity of crack cocaine in Client's vehicle and on her person.

Client retained Vancouver Criminal Defense Lawyer Emmet J. Duncan to represent him on an allegation that he was transporting a large quantity of crack cocaine for the purposes of trafficking.

«Accepting, as I do, that crack cocaine and methamphetamine are as harmful as heroin to the individual user, I still find no basis on the evidence before me to conclude that the disparity in sentence is a result of heroin being over-punished, rather than crack cocaine and methamphetamine being under - punished,» wrote Justice Nancy Spies in a new ruling from the Superior Court.

Surely, you can find something instructive and useful to report that'll help the majority of us on the «front lines» to keep our equilibrium in this increasingly complex business — for example, your excellent article on Danny Pacheco's recovery from alcohol, cocaine, and crack.