Will Robert Downey Jr.'s Case Spark a Change in Drug Sentencing?
BY JESSICA REAVES
After years of treating addicts like criminals, reports TIME.com's Jessica Reaves, there's increasing public pressure to give them treatment rather than jail.
It's a familiar scene: A man in his mid-30s waits outside a courtroom, his eyes dull, his posture slack. An attorney sits nearby, trying to ignite some optimism in his client ? maybe it won't be so bad ? but the man knows better...
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