It is unlikely that today Alfonso Vega Diaz would face a mandatory minimum sentence under A.G. Holder’s new drug charging policy (no violence, weapons, minors, serious injury or death; not an organizer, leader or supervisor; no “significant ties” to “large-scale drug trafficking organizations, gangs, or cartels;” and no or minimal criminal history). Unfortunately for Diaz
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