federal sentencing laws

Crack Cocaine 100 to 1 Ratio

WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS WRONG ABOUT COCAINE SENTENCINGAnalyzing scientific, economic and sociological evidence about crack and powder cocaine. The Commission found the 100 to 1 ratio to be empirically indefensible and proposed to eliminate the … Access Content… Continue reading

Crack Cocaine Retroactive Laws

...  Are The HIV Prevention Needs Of crack cocaine Users?Federal sentencing laws currently give far harsher penalties for crack cocaine than for powdered cocaine.22 Using a 100-to-1 it retroactive for those currently incarcerated.23 Stronger public policy around sentencing guidelines… Continue reading

George W Bush Crack Cocaine

...  NUMBER 10-06-00082-CR IN THE COURT OF APPEALS TENTH …AMOS GEORGE SIMS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (4 RR 70) E ach of the five r ocks of crack cocaine w ere approxim ately twice the size o f… Continue reading

Fairness in Crack Cocaine Sentencing

...  of fundamental fairness. … View Document Co-Sponsor H.R. 3245 “Fairness In Cocaine Sentencing Act Of …“Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009” Dear Representative: Our diverse organizations strongly urge that you co-sponsor for fairness be heard. Support for eliminating… Continue reading

Crack Cocaine Laws Texas

...  in half the difference (from 34.2 months to 16.4 months) in time served in prison for drug trafficking … Access Document PRESS RELEASE Eleven Arrested On Federal Drug Charges …Intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, within the District… Continue reading

What Are the Current Crack Cocaine Laws

...  minimum laws and sentencing for quantities of cocaine above and below those levels. 7 See, e.g., id. at 118 (“[A]ll federal circuit courts addressing the constitutionality of crack cocaine penalties have upheld the current federal … View Full Source… Continue reading