Teen Mom Amber Portwood Released From Prison Early – Interview

Teen mom Amber Portwood Released from Prison early – Interview – “Teen Mom” star Amber Portwood was just released from an Indiana prison … almost a year-and-a-half after she begged a judge to put her behind bars … and …

Missouri Siblings Handed Lengthy Prison Terms for Small Marijuana Grow

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Defense Attorney Dan Viets had asked for 5 years probation following the completion of a 120 day drug treatment program, arguing that 12 plants and eight baby sprouts in a closet are not a “large-scale” operation. The judge said “no.” Natalie DePriest.
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ROSS COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT

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… years community control, successful completion of community-based correctional facility program and time in the Ross County Jail until acceptance into a program, 200 hours community service within eight months of release from CBCF, aftercare …
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U.S. Attorney General Praises Mo. Federal Drug Court As National Model

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Donnie Westrich, one today's four graduates, had been in and out of state and federal prison for 14 years for various methamphetamine-related offenses. Project EARN, he said, was the first treatment program that stuck. "I've seen them go from the …
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