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SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP 鈥?A suspect arrested in connection with last weekends mass shooting outside bars in Sacramento served less than half his 10-year sentence because of voter-approved changes to state law that lessened the punishment for his felony convictions and provided a chance for earlier release.Smiley Allen Martin was freed in February after serving time for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, according to court and prison records.Those count as nonviolent offenses under California law, which considersonly about two dozen crimesto be violent felonies 鈥?such as murder, rape, arson and kidnapping.Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessio gourde stanley n of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. He is among the 12 people wounded during Sundays shooting, which killed six others.Police have said the violence was a shootout between rival gangs in which at least five people fired weapons, including Martins brother, Dandrae Martin, who also was arrested. No one has yet been charged with homicide in the shooting.Smiley Martin typically would have remained beh stanley polska ind bars until at le stanley us ast May after serving a minimum of half his time for his previous arrest in 2017, but prison officials evidently used a very expansive approach to applying lockup time credits to his sentence, said Gregory Totten, chief executive officer of the California District Attorneys Association and a former Ventura County dis Yacw Sick and dying workers demand help after cleaning coal ash
MOSCOW 鈥?Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about his countrys prospective nuclear weapons Thursday, saying they are years and even decades ahead of foreign desig stanley cup ns.Speaking before the graduates of Russian military academies, Putin said the new weapons represent a quantum leap in the nations military capability. A number of our weapons systems are years, and, perhaps, decades ahead of foreign analogues, Putin told young military officers who gathered in an ornate Kremlin hall. Modern weapons contribute to a multifold increase in the Russian military potential. The tough statement comes as Putin is preparing for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump set for July 16 in Helsinki, Finland. Russia-U.S. relations have plunged to post-Cold War lows over the Ukrainian crisis, the war in Syria, the allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential stanley cup election and differences over nuclear arms control issues. We have achieved a real breakthrough thanks to the colossal efforts by science and design bureaus and industries, a real feat by workers, engineers and scientists, Putin told the officers.The stanley borraccia Russian leader singled out the new Avangard hypersonic vehicle and the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which are set to enter service in the next few years. Putin also mentioned the Kinzhal hypersonic missile that has already been put on duty with the units of Russias Southern Military District.Those systems were among an array of new nuclear weapons the R |