by Paul Petruzzi | Jan 22, 2014 | Gun control
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff says a retired Tampa police officer’s praiseworthy career doesn’t offset the severity of the charge that he shot and killed another man after an argument at a movie theater over texting. Curtis Reeves, 71, is...
by Paul Petruzzi | Jan 5, 2014 | Crack Cocaine law
At just 25 years old, Ricky Eugene Patterson’s future seemed finished when he was imprisoned for life in 1995 for planning to peddle a handful of crack-cocaine rocks. Last month, just days before Christmas, President Barack Obama gave the Fort Pierce man a new,...
