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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=T2JK8P"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_law?i=T2JK8P" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=Uvdpl9C"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=Uvdpl9C" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=Nllk3qC"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=Nllk3qC" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=nuVq0zc"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=nuVq0zc" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=O4ojISC"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=O4ojISC" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=BB7N2Hc"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=BB7N2Hc" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_law/~4/199261645" height="1" width="1"/>