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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT MAKING FEDERAL CRACK REFORMS …
President Obama signed the bill into law on August 3. S. 1789 changes the current 100-to-1 crack-powder cocaine ratio to a ratio of 18-to-one. … Retrieve Content
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Review Of The Polygraph Examination Of Larry Sinclair …
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Obama Administration Releases Blueprint To Reduce Drug Use …
August, President Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act. This significant piece of criminal justice reform dramatically reduced a 100-to-1 disparity between the amounts of powder and crack cocaine that … Access Document
ONDCP Accomplishments Fact Sheet 6-1-11
Since the release of President Obama’s first National Drug Control Strategy in May 2010, the Office of amounts of powder cocaine and crack cocaine required for the imposition of mandatory … Fetch Doc
Moving America Forward : President Obama’s Agenda And The …
Mandatory sentences for convictions for crack cocaine and powder cocaine, which has disproportionately affected communities of color. The Federal Government better reflects our Country • President Obama has named more Hispanics to top posts than any of his predecessors, drawing … Read More
Worth Fighting For: Keeping The Promise Of Sentencing Reform
Reduced the disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences. His Department of Justice also issued the Holder Memorandum and called for a review of some mandatory minimums. However, the Obama administra … Fetch Doc
Testimony Of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Before The U.S …
President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act into law. This new law not only reduced the inappropriate 100-to-1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses – a … Read Here
By AlAn VinegrAd And DouglAs Bloom The Presidential …
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Volume 245—No. 31 WedNesday, February 16, 2011 Expert …
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, V. CURTIS RASHE …
Defendant-Appellant Curtis Turner pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of crack cocaine in That the district court felt that it would be “inappropriate” to vary from the crack–cocaine Guidelines based solely on the Obama Administration’s position does … Retrieve Doc
Cracked Justice
CRACKED JUSTICE n August 2010 President Barack Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), historic legislation that reduced the quantity-based sentencing differential between federal crack and powder cocaine convictions that resulted in significant racial disparities and excessive penalties. … Document Viewer
“After” The War On Drugs: – December 2011
Attorney General Holder testified at a Commission hearing in June 2011 in support of retroactivity, saying “[E]nsuring a fair and effective criminal justice system … requires the retroactive application of [the crack cocaine] guideline amendment.” 23 The Obama Administration’s support for … Read Here
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S IMPACT ON THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN …
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