Obama signs bill reducing gap in cocaine sentences

Published August 5, 2010

Obama signs bill reducing gap in cocaine sentences
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today signed a bill reducing the disparity between federal mandatory sentences for convictions for crack cocaine and the powder form of the drug.
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U.S. bill to narrow disparities in cocaine sentences
U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday a bill to reduce the disparity between federal mandatory sentences for convictions for crack cocaine and the powder form of the illegal drug.
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Disparities in Cocaine Sentences Finally Reduced
WASHNGTON D.C. — The House of Representatives passed a landmark bill Wednesday that reduces decades-old disparities in crack and powder cocaine prison sentencing that resulted in the disproportionate incarceration of blacks.By voice vote, House Democrats and Republicans acknowledged the racial…
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