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Hackers take over sentencing commission website

The hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide. The FBI is investigating.

Tags: Anonymous , technology , hackers , cybersecurity , FBI

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Lawmakers balk at applying crack law retroactively

A group of 15 Republican lawmakers is opposing a proposed reduction in sentences for federal prisoners previously convicted of crack cocaine charges.

Tags: Eric Holder , cocaine ,

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