An Idaho law targeted fentanyl dealers. Prosecutors are using it to charge users, too
An InvestigateWest review found at least 30 people charged with trafficking without evidence of selling or distribution. They face mandatory minimum prison terms.
One in five California inmates are serving life sentences, as are one in six Nevada inmates, according to a report by the Sentencing Project, which campaigns against life sentences without parole.
The New York Times' Solomon Moore reports that there are no credible plans to increase paroles to inmates in California's overcrowded and inadequate prison system.
California's prisons hold more lifers than ever before, a trend the report found across the nation.
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