mandatory minimum sentences

Difference Between Crack Cocaine Sentences

...  COCAINE REFORMDisparity between powder and crack cocaine is the mandatory minimum neutral yet unreasonably harsh crack penalties. It has been reported that the higher proportion of African Americans charged with crack offenses is the “single most important difference” accounting… Continue reading

Ronald Reagan Crack Cocaine

The Fair Sentencing Act And The Unfinished Reform AgendaThe Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988, signed by President Ronald Reagan, instituted hefty mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, including mandatory penalties for crack cocaine offenses that were the harshest… Continue reading

Legislative Proposals for Reform of the Crack Cocaine Disparity

...  In addition, Booker admitted to … Read Full Source M ARNE L. L ENOX* – I NTRODUCTIONIn 2010, President Obama signed legislation that reduces the sentencing disparity from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1; now, a person convicted of crack cocaine possession… Continue reading

Crack Cocaine Reform Sentencing

February 5, 2008 Senators US Senate Washington, D.C. IRECTORSRe: S. 1711, “The Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act.” Also troubling is the fact that the average sentence for possession of crack cocaine is far longer than the …… Continue reading

100 1 Rule Crack Cocaine

...  guidelines.” I’m varying in this case because I think the 100-to-1 disparity between powder cocaine and crack cocaine is … Fetch Content NOT PRECEDENTIAL FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICAError for a district court to rule that… Continue reading

100 1 Crack Cocaine Sentencing

...  Act of 1986 ("the 1986 Act") initiated the disparate treatment between crack and powder cocaine. … Read Content David LevensonCriminal sentencing for the trafficking and possession of crack cocaine and powder cocaine. In 1986 and 1988 two federal sentencing… Continue reading