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Sentencing Law and Policy: New efforts to fix the ugly old problem of sentencing disparity for federal crack and powder cocaine offenses


Since June 28, 2004
January 28, 2021
New efforts to fix the ugly old problem of sentencing disparity for federal crack and powder cocaine offenses
As detailed in this press relase from Senator Cory Booker s office, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced legislation that will finally eliminate the federal crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparity and apply it retroactively to those already convicted or sentenced.   Here is more:
After the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, sentencing for crack and powder cocaine offenses vastly differed. For instance, until 2010, someone caught distributing 5 grams of crack cocaine served the same 5-year prison sentence as someone caught distributing 500 grams of powder cocaine. Over the years, this 100:1 sentencing disparity has been widely criticized as lacking scientific justification. Furthermore, the crack and powder cocaine sentencing di ....

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