Crack Cocaine Offenders
Research Report 63 The Report
And/or opiate and/or crack cocaine users known to drug treatment or the probation/prison service were known as Prolific and other Priority Offenders. … Retrieve Doc
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION ONE COLUMBUS CIRCLE, N.E …
This memorandum estimates the impact on crack cocaine offenders currently incarcerated in the federal prison system of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (the “FSA”)1 … Access Document
Recidivism Among Offenders Released Pursuant To Retroactive …
Crack Cocaine Recidivism Study •Research question: Did recidivism increase among crack cocaine offenders who served shorter sentences crack cocaine offenders who served shorter sentences because of retroactive application of the 2007 amendment? … Read More
Recidivism Among Offenders With Sentence Modifications Made …
For example, crack cocaine offenders in the 2007 Crack Cocaine Amendment and Comparison Groups are demographically similar. The 2007 Crack Cocaine Amendment Group is 91 .5 percent male and 87 .4 percent Black. … Retrieve Doc
In The United States Court Of Appeals
Of crack cocaine for conduct that occurred prior to the passag e of the Fai r Se ntenci ng A ct of 2010 (“ FS A”) . the worst offenders, whose new guidelines range would be reduced to the statutory minimum. … Document Viewer
Crack Cocaine Sentencing Policy: Unjustified And Unreasonable
Powder cocaine offenses.” Conclusion The 100:1 quantity ratio in cocaine sentencing causes low-level crack offenders to receive arbitrarily severe sentences compared to high level powder cocaine … Read Full Source
2011 CRACK GUIDELINE AMENDMENT RETROACTIVITY IS SAFE, FAIR …
However, thousands of crack cocaine offenders still serve crack sentences that have now been repudiated. Retroactivity gives 12,040 crack offenders a chance at a fair sentence. … Get Document
Crack Cocaine Impact Analysis – May 20, 2011
Over half of the eligible offenders identified in this analysis (n = 6,238) were sentenced between fiscal years 2007 and 2010. Table 1 Eligible Crack Cocaine Offenders (FY1992 through FY2010) … Access Document
CRACK COCAINE SENTENCING REFORM: A MODEST STEP IN THE RIGHT …
• overstate the harm of crack compared to powder cocaine; • are too broad and apply mostly to low-level offenders; • primarily affect African American defendants; and … View Document
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Status of offenders under the court’s jurisdiction has resulted in nearly 2,300 visits. within the console of the vehicle and seized 25.4 grams of powder cocaine, 18.4 grams of crack cocaine, 16 Ecstasy pills, 23.3 grams of marijuana, Wade … Access Full Source
F EDERAL C RACK C OCAINE S ENTENCING Overview – Origins Of …
Low-level crack offenses represent more than 60 percent of federal crack defendants. Commission reports have previously warned that crack cocaine penalties “apply most often to offenders who … Fetch Full Source
TESTIMONY OF HILARY O. SHELTON DIRECTOR NAACP WASHINGTON …
Convicted and sentenced of federal crack cocaine offenses, while White offenders comprise less than 9% of crack cocaine defendants in 2006. … Content Retrieval
The Crack Controversy – A Rapid Panic Was Sweeping The …
To reduce the sentencing disparity and equalize the penalties of crack and powder cocaine. Moreover, if offenders were not filling 10-year spaces at the federal … Read Full Source
DEMOGRAPHICS OF FEDERAL COCAINE OFFENDERS
Nearly all crack cocaine offenders were United States citizens (93.4% in 2000), reflecting the fact that this form of the drug almost exclusively is produced and trafficked domestically. … View This Document
ACE AND LASS ENALTIES IN RACK OCAINE ENTENCING
For crack cocaine possession than are white and higher income powder offenders. The latter inhabit working class and upper-class neighborhoods where drug sales are more likely to occur … Fetch Doc
62342 Federal Register /Vol. 75, No. 195/Friday, October 8 …
Crack is typically prepared at or near the end of the distribution chain. Two-thirds of federal crack cocaine offenders were street-level dealers and … Doc Viewer
The “Crack/Powder” Disparity: Can The International Race …
Case, not a single white offender had been convicted of a crack cocaine offense in fed-eral courts serving Los Angeles and its six surrounding counties. 8 Rather, virtually all white offenders were prosecuted in state court, where they were not subject to that … Doc Viewer