Toll building spree has had adverse effect on drivers and some small businesses.
By sharing their stories, Sydney Melissa Navarro and Tara Perry hope to save other women from a life of addiction and prison
All it took was three street sales to an undercover officer to put Juan Montelongo in prison for life without parole
They are a third of the population, but Latinos make up a majority of those punished with long sentences in North Texas
From the cartel to street dealers, the meth business has a structured hierarchy with defined roles
Aggressive prosecutors and an appeals court that’s friendly to the government help enable judges’ harsh federal drug sentences.
Taxpayers shell out $1.4 billion annually just to house meth offenders, but the drug keeps pouring across the border
The News combed through 10 years of meth sentences handed down by federal district judges. Nowhere are those sentences as harsh as North Texas
After meth’s introduction in the U.S., it didn’t take long for it to become illegal for recreational use.
There’s a reason why defense lawyers tell their clients not to land in the federal criminal justice system — it’s punishing.
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