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That ruling applies any reduction in sentence for good behavior to the full sentence — in Ms. del Río Prada's case, 3,000 years — rather than the 30-year limit.

"But the feedback was that this had created structures that were too rigid," says the council's senior policy adviser Jackie Burney, "meaning that, for instance, there could be a massive jump in sentence for someone caught with 50 grams of cocaine compared with 49.9 grams".

"The agreement doesn't say you get a reduction in sentence for telling the truth; you get a reduction in sentence for providing substantial assistance in the prosecution of another," he said, pointing at his client.

Hence, in four years (with a reduction in sentence for full cooperation) the book could be released without any deleterious effect on his sentence, because he would already be out of prison.

They want judges to have discretion in sentencing for all narcotics cases.

Personal bias should not be able to take the full role in sentencing for these sorts of crimes.

In practice, the ministry estimates the average actual discount in sentences for early guilty pleas would rise from 25%to34%4%.

The president said Congressional Republicans also thwarted his efforts to change disparities in sentences for crack and powdered cocaine.

Those actions were part of the continuing debate over how to narrow differences in sentences for crack and powder cocaine.

Obama and Holder had worked together on criminal-justice-reform efforts, including reductions in sentencing for nonviolent drug offenders.

Both political parties embraced draconian policies like mandatory minimum sentences, three-strikes laws and wide disparities in sentences for possession of crack versus powder cocaine.