139 Federal Inmates From DC Could Benefit From Crack Cocaine Law

139 Federal Inmates From DC Could Benefit From Crack Cocaine Law
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And mandatory minimums will also be reduced—the law ups the amount of crack a person must have on them before the five-year minimum goes into effect. Advocates of the Fair Sentencing Act considered the disparity to be racially motivated, …
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Remedy to cocaine laws as cruel as the drug
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It reduced the sentencing ratio between crack and powder to 18-to-1 from 100-to-1. That's still out of balance, but it's better than what it was. Last summer the US Sentencing Commission unanimously voted to make the law, which just went into effect, …
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Crack cocaine sentencing reform: One man, nine years and a world of difference
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Morales is hoping Sessions will free him early from a 15-year sentence he received in 2002 for dealing crack cocaine in the Rutland area. He has good reason to be optimistic. Thanks to the Fair Sentencing Act, which went into effect Tuesday, …
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