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Florida bill would take new look at drug crime sentencing

by Associated Press
| January 16, 2020 11:35 AM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida could ease penalties for possessing small amounts of drugs and eliminate some mandatory minimum sentences for drug dealers under a strict set of circumstances under a bill unanimously approved by a Senate committee Thursday.

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