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A federal judge Wednesday sentenced Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series Cheer, to 12 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves.

On Monday, new guidelines will go into effect that will retroactively reduce the sentences for crack cocaine offenders. Approximately 1,500 current inmates will be eligible to apply for immediate release. Former inmates discuss the challenges of readjusting to society after serving long sentences.

Judges in California have won back some power they lost when the state adopted its "Three Strikes" law mandating 25-years-to-life sentences on third-time felonies. But NPR's Renee Montagne reports that the recent ruling won't help three-strikes defendants much, since most judges aren't likely to overrule prosecutors eager to hand down the longest possible sentences.

Gillian Sharpe reports from The Hague on a pre-sentencing hearing at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal. The only person to have pleaded quilty to war crimes charges, Drazen Erdemovic, (DRAH-zen ur-DEM-uh-vitch) is asking for a lighter sentence in exchange for his cooperation with prosecutors. The three-member panel will be weighing his pleas against his admission that he killed at least 70 Bosnian Muslim civilians.

An Indonesian court convicts Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir of conspiracy in connection with the 2002 attack on two nightclubs in Bali that killed more than 200 people. Judges sentenced the man to 2 1/2 years in prison -- far less than the maximum sentence possible but far more than his supporters wanted.

Crowds erupted with joy and anger Saturday after Egypt's former president was sentenced to life in prison for his role in protesters' deaths. Many Egyptians hoped Hosni Mubarak and his interior minister would face harsher sentences.

The Sentencing Commission meets Friday to vote on a plan that could send home tens of thousands of federal inmates convicted of drug trafficking.

Michael Flynn, who held the post of national security adviser in the Trump administration for less than a month, was set to be sentenced on Jan. 28.

Allman, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, died at his home in Savannah, Georgia.

MIT health care economist Jonathan Gruber had said the "stupidity of the American voter" was critical in getting the law passed. Critics say that displays the deceit that went into creating the law.