Supreme Court: Use new drug sentencing law in crack cases
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says criminals who were arrested but not yet sentenced for crack cocaine offenses should be able to take advantage of newly reduced sentences...
Radio shock jocks call Whitney Houston 'crack ho'
theGRIO REPORT - Just days after Whitney Houston's death, two radio hosts in Los Angeles made crude remarks about her on-going battle with drugs and called her a "crack ho"....
Change in crack sentencing means early releases
WASHINGTON (AP) - The disparity in sentences for crack versus powder cocaine had long been criticized as racially discriminatory because it disproportionately affected black defendants...
Woman caught keeping crack pipe in Bible
NBC Miami - Tonya Levette Sutton, 42, was arrested late Sunday on narcotics possession and public consumption after she was spotted walking on a public street...
New clue found; may help find a missing Detroit girl
VIDEO - It has been more than two days since five year old Mirah Trenice Smith went missing from her Detroit house...
Prisoners could be released early for crack crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) - One in every 20 federal prisoners could be eligible for early release under a potential sentencing change to be voted today for inmates convicted of crack cocaine offenses...
New crack cocaine law could apply to old cases
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress and President Barack Obama agreed in August to reduce the minimum penalties for crack...
Pooch sniffs out crack hidden in man's butt
MIAMI - A Fort Pierce man riding a bicycle thought he had the perfect spot to hide his crack, but he didn't count on a police dog's sense of smell...
Carol Moseley Braun apologizes for calling opponent a crack addict
"Patricia Watkins said she does not expect an apology from me. She is wrong," Braun said during a Tuesday news conference, according to the Chicago Tribune...
Is Carol Moseley Braun 'cracking' under the pressure?
OPINION - By flying off the handle in this way, Moseley Braun has made others begin to question her mental stability...
