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Judges get leeway on crack sentences

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal judges have the discretion to give "reasonably" shorter prison terms for crack-cocaine crimes to reduce the disparity with crimes involving cocaine powder. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_law?a=KQMNiN"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_law?i=KQMNiN" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=3MOPzJC"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=3MOPzJC" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=3DlK5PC"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=3DlK5PC" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=dBmJFYc"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=dBmJFYc" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=DiZdQMC"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=DiZdQMC" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=xTdb5zc"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=xTdb5zc" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_law/~4/198118532" height="1" width="1"/>