President Obama on Crack Cocaine Laws
PRACTICE TIP: FAIR SENTENCING ACT
On August, 3, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act, Pub. L. 111-220, which reduces the discriminatory treatment of crack and powder cocaine under federal sentencing laws. … Return Document
“After” The War On Drugs: – December 2011
The harsh punishments that were enacted during the 1980s for low-level crack cocaine offenses. At the Oval Office signing ceremony, President Obama ten-year mandatory minimum sentence for possessing five grams of crack cocaine and 28 grams of powder cocaine. II. Consequences of U.S. Drug Laws … Read Full Source
NAACP-SUPPORTED LEGISLATION TO REDUCE CRACK COCAINE / POWDER …
States Senate late in the evening of Wednesday, March 17, 2010, by unanimous consent (without a recorded vote); it will now go to President Obama for Yet in 2006, 82% of those convicted and sentenced under federal crack cocaine laws were African American. … Retrieve Here
Testimony Of Hilary O. Shelton, On Behalf Of The National …
Regarding the disparate impact of crack cocaine laws on African Americans celebrated on Tuesday, August 3, 2010, when President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act into law. This important legislation reduced the mandatory minimum sentence for a federal conviction of crack cocaine possession … Read Full Source
Table Of Contents
The Fair Sentencing Act dramatically reduced the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and pow – The Administration continues to seek refinements to current laws and regulations to prevent and disrupt methamphetamine production. On October 12, 2010, President Obama signed the Combat … Doc Retrieval
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. A: No. Laws like S. 1789 that reduce mandatory minimum sentences and do not say anything about … Doc Viewer
Barack Obama And Joe Biden's Plan
Disparities in drug sentencing laws, like the differential treatment of crack as opposed to powder cocaine, are unfair. Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan President-elect's Transition Team to the operation of the Federal government and to … Fetch Doc
After The Rockefeller Drug Laws: A New Direction In New York …
Some special interests that a rollback of the Rockefeller Drug Laws would “return us to the bad old days of crack use in is also poised to eliminate the sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine President Obama’s new Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, noted that the Obama … Document Viewer
Obama Administration Record For The African American Community
Discrimination laws and promotion of civil rights. The Obama Administration’s record on President Obama successfully pushed to reduce the disparity in sentencing between those convicted of crack versus powder cocaine. … Retrieve Doc
ESSAY
On August 3, 2010, President Obama signed the Fair Sentenc-ing Act of 2010 into law. Racism Inherent in our Crack Cocaine Laws?, 45 WASH. U. J. URB. & CONTEMP. … Get Document
Black Passengers, Yellow Cabs
With a gay roommate, with whom she partied heavily in West Hollywood, Anne loved ecstasy and cocaine. In the words of Darren Huston, president of Microsoft Japan, “There is a tremendous opportunity to My existence was tantamount to that of a crack fiend locked up in a crack house, an alcoholic … View This Document
Obama’s Plan To Sodomize America
Sinclair charges Obama smoked crack cocaine in the limo while Sinclair snorted All laws banning homosexual activity will be revoked. News on June 23, 2011, President Obama indicated he … Fetch Full Source
Moving America Forward : President Obama’s Agenda And The …
The Obama Administration has taken unprecedented steps to ensure that our laws are 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 … View This Document
First 100 Days
laws, is under review and is being rewritten to correct its easy between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Rep. Jackson-Lee (D-TX18) introduced HR 265, which would President Obama overturned the Global Gag Order which prevented … Retrieve Document
F EDERAL C RACK C OCAINE S ENTENCING Overview – Origins Of …
FEDERAL CRACK COCAINE SENTENCING Overview On August 3, 2010 President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act, legislation that limits the stiff Drug Quantities and Crack Cocaine Penalties The federal sentencing laws Congress passed in the 1980s were intended to impose tough … Fetch Doc