Prosecutors: Revoke Probation for Man Who Allegedly Swallowed Crack

Prosecutors: Revoke probation for man who allegedly swallowed crack
Filed under: crack cocaine sentencing guidelines
Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt sentenced Collins on Jan. 26, 2000, to 19 years and seven months in prison. Subsequent federal sentencing guideline changes for crack cocaine reduced Collins' prison term to 17 years and six months. Pratt reduced … Read more on Quad City Times

OSLER: Debating the drug war
Filed under: crack cocaine sentencing guidelines
For more than two decades, hastily conceived and overly harsh mandatory minimums and federal sentencing guidelines exacted the same sentence for possessing or selling five grams of crack as they did for selling 500 grams of powder cocaine. The twisted … Read more on Washington Times