Federal Crack Cocaine
UNITED STATES V. ARMSTRONG Et Al. Certiorari To The United …
Not recall “ever handling a [crack] cocaine case involving non-black defendants” in federal court, nor had he even heard of one. Id., at 140. He further stated that “[t]here … Access Doc
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Data confirms that in 2006, 82 percent of individuals convicted of federal crack cocaine offenses were African American, while just 9 percent were White. … Get Doc
UNFAIRNESS IN FEDERAL COCAINE SENTENCING: IS IT TIME TO CRACK …
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Cracks In The System: Twenty Years Of The Unjust Federal …
Cracks in the System: Twenty Years of the Unjust Federal Crack Cocaine Law PUBLISHEDOCTOBER 2006 WRITTEN BY: Deborah J. Vagins, Policy Counsel for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Jesselyn McCurdy, Legislative Counsel THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION is the nation'spremier guardian of liberty … Return Doc
HOBBS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CRACK COCAINE AND FIREARM …
For Immediate Release April 14, 2011 . HOBBS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CRACK COCAINE AND FIREARM CHARGES. LAS CRUCES – Today in Las Cruces, Hobbs, New Mexico resident Carlos T. Gibson, … Fetch Document
Federal Cocaine Sentencing Disparity: Sentencing Guidelines …
Cocaine Sentencing Disparity: Sentencing Guidelines, Jurisprudence, and Legislation Congressional Research Service Summary Pursuant to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, Congress established basic sentencing levels for crack cocaine offenses. … Read Here
JANESVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROLE IN CRACK …
PRESS RELEASE Erik C. Peterson United States Attorney Western District of Wisconsin (608) 264-5158 TTY (608) 264-5006 www.usdoj.gov/usao/wiw For Immediate Release May 21, 2009 Contact Person Paul W. Connell Assistant U.S. Attorney JANESVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROLE IN CRACK COCAINE CONSPIRACY … View This Document
Take Another crack At That cocaine Law
Between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Under federal drug laws, prison sentences are usually tied to the quantity of drugs the defendant trafficked. … Read More
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Commission’s guideline amendment addressing crack cocaine penalties submitted on May 1, 1995.”). 12 2007 Report; 2002 Report; U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Report to Congress: Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy (Apr. 1997); U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Report to Congress: Cocaine … View Document
New Sentencing Guidelines For Crack Cocaine Possession May …
Inmates sentenced as far back as 1991, could be eligible to apply to federal courts for reduced sentencing. Under the old law those convicted of possessing at least 5 grams of crack cocaine received a five-year … View Doc
Racial Disparities In Federal Sentencing: A Quantile …
Crack cocaine is also the only drug where mere possession triggers a federal mandatory minimum sentence. 3 The sentencing disparity between crack and cocaine was reduced in 2007, but not eliminated. … Fetch Content
WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS WRONG ABOUT COCAINE SENTENCING
While more culpable members of the drug operation who sell powder cocaine to the street dealers receive less severe punishment. At the same time over 90% of federal crack defendants are … Fetch Here
The Many (Opaque) Echoes Of Compromise Crack Sentencing Reform
People have received federal crack cocaine sentences. We will not allow another 75,000 to be sentenced at the current unjustifiable levels. To prevent that, however, we will accept some compromises that are hard to swallow. … Fetch Here
As You Are Aware, In Late June 2011 The United States …
Retroactive effect to Amendment 750, a proposed amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines that implements the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. This amendment reduces the sentencing guideline ranges for certain federal crack cocaine offenders. … Read Here