How Long Is Too Long Behind Bars?

How long is too long behind bars?
Although surveys indicate the majority of crack cocaine users are white, 80 percent of those arrested, charged, and convicted for possessing the drug are African-American. The laws also lead to an exponential increase in the number of those … Read more on World Magazine

Angola Three's Freedom came too late for me
The Drug War imprisons an obscene number of blacks, far out of proportion to their percentage of the drug-using population. One-hundred to one racial disparities in crack and powder cocaine sentencing laws were only corrected in the past few years. Read more on The Boar

Letter: Hempstead schools shortchange
The weapons targeting the black and Latino communities of Nassau County are drugs, educational failure and guns. Despite some areas of need and signs of disparity, there was always the sense that people could improve their positions in life. No matter … Read more on Newsday