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A Ford Escapes The Net

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Edmund Ford, Sr. after beating an unrelated federal bribery beef will now escape prosecution on other federal charges:

Hundreds indicted in mortgage fraud probe

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WASHINGTON - Federal authorities announced Thursday that more than 400 real estate industry players have been indicted since March — including dozens over the past two days — in nationwide crackdown on mortgage fraud that has contributed to the country’s housing crisis.
The FBI put the losses to homeowners and other borrowers who were victims in the schemes at over $1 billion.

"It was the crack epidemic — at its height in the 1980s — that prompted the federal mandatory minimums for drug offenses."

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Some common sense and fairness in sentencing has arrived....

New sentencing rules for crack-related crimes may free 10 prisoners Eventually about 100 inmates in Middle Tennessee may be eligible for early release

By CHRIS ECHEGARAY • Staff Writer • March 5, 2008

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