Minn. judges often ignore drug sentencing guidelines

A case before the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1991 foreshadowed the national discussion over sentencing disparities in drug crimes. But the state's response to issue created a new set of problems. Bob Collins, author of MPR's News Cut, looks into how well Minnesota's drug sentencing guidelines are working.

Bob writes MPR's News Cut blog. He talked to host Tom Crann about what he found.

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