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6 May 2024, 6:30 am
Russell (finding that different penalties for similar amounts of crack and cocaine violated Minnesota’s Equal Protection Clause); Ravin v. [read post]
28 Jul 2023, 1:37 pm
The court explained that the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 reduced the sentencing inequality between powder cocaine and crack offenses. [read post]
17 Dec 2022, 4:06 am
In 2010, Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act which reduced the sentencing ratio of crack to 18:1. [read post]
Concepcion v. United States Affirms District Court’s Broad Discretion in Deciding Criminal Sentences
30 Jun 2022, 6:24 am
Among its provisions is one allowing for resentencing of persons convicted before 2010 for distribution of crack cocaine who had been ineligible for resentencing when Congress in 2010 revised downward the penalties for crack cocaine (in the so-called Fair Sentencing Act). [read post]
27 Jun 2022, 5:32 pm
The 2010 Fair Sentencing Act brought crack-cocaine sentencing more in-line with cocaine sentencing. [read post]
27 Jun 2022, 7:39 am
The Act allows a district court to impose a reduced sentence “as if ” the revised penalties for crack cocaine enacted in the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 were in effect at the time the offense was committed. [read post]
27 Jun 2022, 7:28 am
The Act allows a district court to impose a reduced sentence “as if ” the revised penalties for crack cocaine enacted in the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 were in effect at the time the offense was committed. [read post]
20 Jun 2022, 2:13 am
Two years prior to the conviction, in 2010, Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the statutory penalties for crack cocaine offenses nationwide. [read post]
18 Jun 2022, 7:28 am
It also reduces some mandatory minimum sentences, gives judges more leeway to show mercy with “safety valve” provisions, and, perhaps most importantly, retroactively applies the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to prisoners who have been given harsher sentences for drug crimes because they involved crack instead of powder cocaine. [read post]
5 May 2022, 6:38 am
Prior to the Act, Congress enacted the Fair Sentencing Act, which increased the amount of drugs that would trigger statutory penalties in an effort to reduce the disparity in sentences for crack cocaine and powder cocaine. [read post]
24 Jan 2022, 1:49 pm
We also urge Biden to push Congress to pass the MORE Act, the EQUAL Act — which would end sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine — and the First Step Implementation Act, which would make retroactive the reforms contained in the First Step Act of 2018. [read post]
20 Dec 2021, 10:59 am
In 2020, 77% of individuals convicted of crack cocaine offenses were Black, while historical data tells us that 66% of crack cocaine users have been white or Hispanic. [read post]
20 Dec 2021, 10:59 am
In 2020, 77% of individuals convicted of crack cocaine offenses were Black, while historical data tells us that 66% of crack cocaine users have been white or Hispanic. [read post]
2 Oct 2021, 8:51 am
United States involves the First Step Act of 2018, which grants to federal district courts the power to resentence offenders convicted of distributing crack cocaine in light of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [read post]
30 Sep 2021, 9:13 am
Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to reduce the disparity between sentences for offenders convicted of distributing crack cocaine and those convicted of distributing powder cocaine. [read post]
18 Sep 2021, 9:57 am
In 2010, Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act, which had major implications for defendants charged with possession of cocaine – that is, while it used to be the case that people faced much longer sentences for possessing crack cocaine than for possessing the same amount of powder cocaine, today, the difference in the sentences is much smaller. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 1:09 pm
The post US Supreme Court rules First Step Act does not expand crack cocaine sentencing reform appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 12:15 pm
Fifth, Justice Sotomayor once again urges Congress to take action: Indeed, the bipartisan lead sponsors of the First StepAct have urged this Court to hold that the Act "makes retroactive relief broadly available to all individuals sentenced for crack-cocaine offenses before the Fair Sentencing Act. [read post]
14 May 2021, 10:30 am
United States, a case of statutory interpretation over the 2018 First Step Act, which Congress passed in part to make retroactive a 2010 law that reduced the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and power cocaine. [read post]
7 May 2021, 3:11 pm
In 2010, Congress addressed the by-then iconic disparity, enacting the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the disparity to 18:1 and eliminated the mandatory five-year sentence for crack. [read post]
