Conservative Sentencing Reform: Politically Savvy, Morally Right
... by mandating a five-year sentence for possessing five grams of crack cocaine while imposing the same sentence for possession of 500 grams of powder … Read more on The American Conservative Granted clemency, man begins new life after prison… Continue reading
POLICE BRIEFS: Ibuprofen Causes Headache for Would-Be Crack Buyers
... causes headache for would-be crack buyers Officers arrived and spoke with a father, 52, and son, 19, both from Jacksonville Beach. The son claimed that a 40-year-old Naples man and a 36-year-old Port Orange man arranged a deal to… Continue reading
Marijuana and Drug Laws 2014: Attorney General Eric Holder Endorses …
... and Drug Laws 2014: Attorney General Eric Holder Endorses … One result of the Fair Sentencing Act in 2010, which President Obama approved and signed into law, was the reduction of the 100-to-1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder… Continue reading
The Bipartisan Effort Obama Left Out of the State of the Union
... bipartisan effort Obama left out of the State of the Union It would also allow certain inmates sentenced under old crack cocaine sentencing laws to petition for reduced sentences consistent with the Fair Sentencing Act — a 2010 law… Continue reading
Obama Makes but a Gesture Toward Sentencing Reform in US Justice System
... Makes But a Gesture Toward Sentencing Reform In US Justice System … into passionate support, for draconian hypocrisy in its failed War on Drugs yields grudgingly to the forces of reason and decency. This follows the reduction in the… Continue reading
Sentencing Adjourned on Thatcham Man Caught With Crack Cocaine
... cocaine and cannabis in his waistband, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, January 16. Claire Beards, prosecuting, said officers stopped Dean Andrew Collins in his car outside … Read more on Newbury Weekly News Group How the Myth of the 'Negro… Continue reading