Court Rules Fair Sentencing Act Not Applicable to Inmates Sentenced under …
3 that the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced the unfair, unjustified, and racially discriminatory crack cocaine/powder cocaine sentencing ratio from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1, does not apply to thousands of individuals who are currently incarcerated … Read more on Afro American
Fix differences in drug sentences
The disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine resulted from an injustice in the nation's justice system, and lawmakers and President Barack Obama rightfully took aim at it with the Fair Sentencing Act, passed in 2010. The law had held … Read more on The Virginian-Pilot