SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Reddell Smith spent a decade roaming the streets of Syracuse with the 110 Gang, where he dealt drugs, shot at rivals and stole a car at gunpoint. When he was arrested, Smith possessed a 9mm handgun that had been used in 12 shootings. His life as a gangster ended in 2011, when he was sentenced to 8 years and 4 months in prison – a result of a federal crackdown on criminal street gangs across Upstate New York. But now Smith and 46 other convicted Upstate New York drug dealers – some of them members of violent gangs -- have seen their sentences cut short as part of a federal initiative to reduce harsh sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. A U.S. District Court judge in...
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