Crack Cocaine Laws Racism
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CRACK AND THE BLACK WEST. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: TWO BLACK GENERATIONS COLLIDE I wish to make use of all the laws in my favor, and of Your Lordship, as a father and protector of the poor and helpless, as well as anything else … Read Full Source
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Cf. discriminatory crack laws (vis-à-vis cocaine) and death penalty. Under IL, US may be in violation of IL. But not under domestic law because of intent. Handout 5. World Conference against Racism; press kit … View Doc
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Lowney, Knoll D., Smoked Not Snorted: Is Racism Inherent in Our Crack Cocaine Laws?, 45 Wash. U. J. Urb. & Contemp L. 121 (1994) Maclin, Tracey, The Fourth Amendment on the Freeway, 3 Rutgers Race & L. Rev. 117 (2001) … Retrieve Content
PRECEDENTIAL FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT KENNETH DIXON, Before …
Defendants convicted of powder cocaine offenses, even though the drugs were essentially the same substance. See generally Knoll D. Lowney, Smoked Not Snorted: Is Racism Inherent in Our Crack Cocaine Laws?, 45 Wash. U. J. Urb. & … Retrieve Content
Journal Of Contemporary Criminal Justice
The passage of strict crack cocaine laws (Austin & Irwin, 2001; Currie, 1998; Mauer, nent of “modern racism,” Entman (1992) asserts that prejudice is fed by a tendency to homogenize, to assume there are no significant dif- … Read Document
Structural Discrimination Against People Of African Descent
Although African-Americans constitute about 12% of the US population, more than 80% of those prosecuted under the crack cocaine mandatory minimum laws are Black. … Document Viewer
Power, Politics And Pedagogy: Teaching About Law As A …
Example 2: Blacks, Crack and the two Legal Tracks: Cocaine Sentencing Laws Aside from the established litigant class described by Galanter, research has indicated biases in to decrease the incidence of any form of prejudice and bigotry on campus and increase sensitivity to such issues as racism and … Doc Retrieval
Racial Impact Statements As A Means Of Reducing Unwarranted …
Federal mandatory sentencing laws for crack cocaine offenses. Just over twenty Lest we think that these laws were just a relic of 19 th century Southern racism, we should note that these policies were in place for … Read More
STUDY EXAMINES SUPPORT FOR MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR …
racism is a problem in this country and to believe that Blacks were more likely to use possession of powder cocaine. Laws at the federal and state level which differentiate because Blacks tend to use crack cocaine while Whites tend to use powder cocaine. … View Doc
CRACK COCAINE REFORM
1993, “The 100-to-1 Ratio: Racial Bias in Cocaine Laws.” Aired by C-SPAN, the The disparity in penalty triggers between crack and powder cocaine is one of the most notorious illustrations of racism in the criminal justice system. … Read Content
Written Statement Of Carmen D. Hernandez On Behalf Of The …
Year, at least 5,000 more offenders are sentenced under the disproportionately severe crack cocaine laws. The failure to correct this grave injustice means that the crack/powder sentencing disparity has continued to gain prominence as a symbol of racism in the criminal justice system. … Read Document
Gender & Criminal Justice
Women Significant changes in penal policy, especially the role of the War on Drugs Most women in prison are there for minor offenses, drug crimes War on Drugs and Racism The same federal sentence length for 5g of crack requires 50g of powder cocaine to reach. The mandatory minimum sentencing laws … Retrieve Here
ABSTRACT
Experienced periods of acknowledgement of racist laws. Has racism been institutionalized 1 Possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine carried a 5 year sentence whereas 500 grams of cocaine were … Read Full Source
UBLIC OMMENT /P
Participated in its 1993 national symposium, "Racial Bias in Cocaine Laws." African Americans, and represent a national drug policy tinged with racism." The ACLU disputed the arguments that stiffer penalties for crack cocaine are justified because … Retrieve Doc
Summarizing An Article
Authors then return to the present to argue that sentencing differences between crack and powdered cocaine show the racism of the drug war in practice. Finally, they make the more general point that the impact of the drug laws reveals the racial disparity. … Fetch Here