Tarahrick Terry’s case is, broadly, a story about regret and redemption. But it’s also a story about how the specific wording in a law can quickly breed confusion in the courts.
The sentencing rule that treated crack cocaine 100 times worse than powder had been in effect for 20 years by the time Mr. Terry was sentenced in 2008.
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The sentencing rule treating crack cocaine as 100 times worse than powder is seen by bipartisan critics as a punitive remnant of the war on drugs. The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a case that could deliver a telling blow – or a telling victory – for reform.
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Jersey City man pleads guilty to prison smuggling scheme
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The conspiracy used drones to smuggle contraband into Fort Dix under cover of darkness. (Derek Skinner / Shutterstock.com)
A Jersey City man admitted to participating in a conspiracy to use drones to smuggle contraband, including cell phones and tobacco, into the federal correctional facility at Fort Dix, and to possessing heroin and fentanyl with the intent to distribute, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.
Jason Arteaga-Loayza, aka “Juice,” 30, a former inmate at Fort Dix, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and one count of possession of heroin and fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
Arteaga-Loayza was an inmate at Fort Dix from June 2017 to September 2018, it said.
It alleged Arteaga-Loayza, with help from an inmate inside the prison, took orders for contraband and oversaw the collection of payments. He allegedly arranged for two other conspirators to fly drones over Fort Dix and drop packages of contraband for sale to inmates.
“The packages that Arteaga-Loayza smuggled in included cellphones, cellphone accessories, tobacco, weight loss supplements, eyeglasses, and various other items,” the statement said.
The drone drops typically occurred “during the late evening hours or overnight when the drones were less likely to be seen, the statement said.
Perhaps in Madoff’s case, they threatened his family to get him to plead to end any further investigation thereby protecting the bankers. In his case, his son Mark committed suicide and left a note to his father. Maybe now they have met and sorted things out up there.
Today, Madoff’s alleged victims are close to getting their money back. Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee in the Madoff case, has recovered more than $14.4 billion of the $20 billion in stolen assets. Of that, $13.6 billion has been returned to investors so far. That includes the almost $850 million in cash advances to victims that were provided by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. The latest distribution in February 2021 gave each customer approximately 70% of their allowed claim amount unless it was previously fully satisfied. Most of the money Picard’s lawyers have collected came through settlements with former investors who withdrew more from Madoff’s firm than they deposited. Eve
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