The Attorney General and Mandatory Drug Laws

The Attorney General and Mandatory Drug Laws
The new policy may also fall somewhat short of its intended consequences with respect to racial and ethnic disparities. Drugs generally, but particularly cocaine and heroin, may change hands three to six times within the United States before reaching … Read more on The American

Attorney General Holder Expands Major Reform of Mandatory Minimum Drug Laws
In particular, he should use his power to commute the sentences of crack cocaine defendants unfairly languishing in prison under the old, racist 100-to-1 crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity. That disparity was reduced to 18-to-1 in 2010 but was … Read more on eNews Park Forest