Its had. Americas public Enemy Number one in the United States is Drug Abuse. It is epidemic and it can kill. We must be intolerant of Drug Use and drug sellers. The Crack Problem has become a Crack Crisis and its spreading nationwide. We must be intolerant of drugs not because we want to punish Drug Users but because we care about them and want to help them. In 1996 i was sentenced to 35 years. This disparate caused my sentence to be increased for 20 years longer than it would have been had it been for Powder Cocaine. In 1995 i was sentenced to 11 years. My 11 Years Daughter was molested while i was in prison at 11 years old. My sister was barrel 23 years old. She had been sentenced for powdered cocaine, the sentence less than half of the one she received. Why did we do that . Because we were frightened. It was a reaction. There was a misperception that Crack Cocaine was something different chemically than from Powder Cocaine is. Congress created in disparity which was 100 to 1 betwee
Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines. Sentencing disparities among people of color, we are hear from the acting director of the white house national Drug Control Policy among other expert witnesses. Live coverage expected to start shortly here on cspan 3. The hearing will come to order. Today the senate is holding a hearing in this committee on one of the most indefensible disparities in our system of justice and the bipartisan legislation designed to eliminate it once and for all, the equal act. To start things off id like to turn to a video about the history of this disparity and the racially disparate impact its had. Americas public Enemy Number one in the United States is Drug Abuse. It is epidemic and it can kill. We must be intolerant of Drug Use and drug sellers. The Crack Problem has become a Crack Crisis and its spreading nationwide. We must be intolerant of drugs not because we want to punish Drug Users but because we care about them and want to help them. In 1996 i was sentenced to
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