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May 29, 2008

Change in drug crime sentences goes to Carcieri

PROVIDENCE -- For the second year in a row, a bill to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug crimes is headed to Governor Carcieri, who vetoed similar legislation last year.

The House today approved the bill 52 to 13, with nine not voting. It had gotten Senate backing.

Shortly after, a spokeswoman for Carcieri sent a statement saying that, since the bill is essentially the same as last year's, and the governor vetoed it that version, "it is reasonable to believe it will receive the same treatment this year."

-- With reports from Katherine Gregg of the Journal State House Bureau

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