Mandatory Minimum
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10th Circuit says couple convicted in marijuana grow operation cannot skirt mandatory minimum sentence
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A husband and wife who were convicted of a large-scale marijuana grow operation at their Thornton home cannot take advantage of the legal provision that exempts some drug offenders from mandatory minimum sentences, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled last month. Huosheng Xian and Youlian Zhong, who arrived in the U.S. from China in…