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2 Sep 2010, 8:28 am
the Nation Ethan Nadelmann | August 26, 2010For those of us who fought long and hard to reform the notorious 100-to-one crack/powder cocaine disparity in federal law, the Fair Sentencing Act, signed by President Obama on August 3, is at once a historic victory and a major disappointment. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 12:17 pm
Today we filed a friend-of-the-court brief in two Supreme Court cases that deal with the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA), which reduced the disparity between federal mandatory minimum sentences for crack versus powder cocaine from 100:1 to 18:1. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 7:23 am
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ("FSA") is designed to reduce this disparity dramatically. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 4:17 pm
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) might benefit from a slight name change: The Not Quite as Fair as it could be Sentencing Act of 2010 (NQFSA) would be a bit more descriptive. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 10:17 am
In July 2010, a large, nonpartisan majority in Congress passed new version of the Fair Sentencing Act to reduce the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 3:33 pm
The case, decided by the Supreme Court, involved two men convicted of crack cocaine-related charges in 2007 and 2008, but who were not sentenced until after the Fair Sentencing Act went into effect in 2010. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 7:50 am
President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act, legislation that limits the harsh punishments that were enacted during the 1980s for lowlevel crack cocaine offenses. [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 8:11 am
")Adam Liptak has this story in the NYT on the cases (see update below):Selling cocaine in crack form used to subject offenders to sentences 100 times as long as those for selling it in powder form. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 12:57 pm
The Fair Sentencing Act has remedied some of these disparities, however, there is still an 18-to-1 disparity in sentences for crack and powder cocaine offenses. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 8:41 am
During the first term of President Ronald Reagan's administration, hysteria over the crack "epidemic" led Congress to enact strict sentencing laws that punished crack offenses much more severely than powder cocaine—at a 100 to 1 ratio. [read post]
15 Oct 2009, 12:49 pm
"It's time for us to act. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:01 am
In October 2010, the USSC promulgated a temporary emergency amendment that implemented the emergency directive in section 8 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:01 am
In October 2010, the USSC promulgated a temporary emergency amendment that implemented the emergency directive in section 8 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [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]
22 Dec 2011, 2:58 pm
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) is actually only kind of fair. [read post]
1 Dec 2013, 4:52 pm
After sentencing, the Fair Sentencing Act was passed and (amended) USSG Section 1B1.10 was adopted by the Sentencing Commission. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 11:11 am
Last year, Congress took a major step toward ensuring fairness in the criminal justice system by passing the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced racial disparities caused by draconian crack cocaine sentencing laws. [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 12:11 pm
Though Hamedah never used drugs herself, she was indicted and convicted for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 10:21 pm
Under the new Fair Sentencing Act, thousands of federal prisoners nationwide are now eligible for early release after changes in the way sentences for crack cocaine are calculated. [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 11:05 am
Moving forward, 28 grams of crack cocaine will trigger a five-year prison sentence and 280 grams of crack will trigger a 10-year sentence. [read post]
