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Prisoners' rights advocates are applauding the House for passing a bill that ends the discrepancy in sentencing for crack and powder campaign, which they say singled out Blacks for longer sentences. The bipartisan EQUAL Act, if signed into law, would eliminate inconsistent federal sentencing guidelines that have treated crack cocaine offenses with greater severity than powder cocaine offenses.

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