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 →