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Minimum Sentence Possession Crack Cocaine

TO: Criminal Justice SectionIt would remove statutory references to crack cocaine and repeal the current five-year mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession of the drug. … Doc Retrieval United States Court Of AppealsViolation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and possession… Continue reading

Obama Legislation on Crack Cocaine

TO: Criminal Justice SectionCrack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparities. In July 22, 2009, the House include H.R. 265, the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009, introduced by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) on January 7, 2009. H.R. 265… Continue reading

Crack Cocaine Powder Sentencing Disparities

Printer Friendly – Page 1 Of 3 Htt 8/5/2010 P://www.justice …• the Department’s own charging and sentencing policies; • alternatives to incarceration and re-entry; • eliminating the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine; and • an examination of other… Continue reading

Senate Vote Crack Cocaine

Sentences That Fit. Justice That Works. The Road Aheadcrack and powder cocaine sentences. It also eliminates the five-year mandatory prison sen-tence for simple possession of crack. Now the House of Representatives must vote on the bill and the President must… Continue reading

Crack Cocaine Bill 2009

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE V. ) C RIMINAL …The bill that Senator Durbin introduced in the Senate would have created a 1:1 Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2009, H.R. 1466, 111th Cong. (2009); Crack–Cocaine … Retrieve Document… Continue reading