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5 Feb 2021, 12:30 pm
But in 2010, Congress started to fix this disparity with the Fair Sentencing Act, which decreased the penalties for crack, followed by the First Step Act in 2018, making the changes retroactive. [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 11:26 am
U.S.: The Court ruled that the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which reduced the disparity in federal sentencing between crack and powder cocaine, applies to people whose offenses predate the law but who were sentenced after its passage. [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 3:10 am
The New York Times explains: Selling cocaine in crack form used to subject offenders to the same sentence one would get for selling 100 times as much in powder. [read post]
14 Oct 2008, 3:20 pm
Alexander, No. 07-1758 A sentence for possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not commit a plain error in designating defendant a career offender for sentencing purposes as he committed a prior crime of violence, and he otherwise satisfied the criteria necessary to be considered a career offender; and 2) the sentence was otherwise reasonable. [read post]
19 May 2008, 8:55 am
US, No. 06-11612 Express consent by counsel suffices to permit a magistrate judge to preside over jury selection in a felony trial, pursuant to the authorization in the Federal Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. section 636(b)(3). [read post]
4 May 2012, 11:34 am
Missouri: • The Missouri House passed a bill to reduce the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine from an abysmal 75-to-1 to 5-to-1. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 4:30 pm
The President has now granted more commutations than the previous four presidents combined and has granted more than any president since Lyndon Johnson.Previous Reforms: In 2010, the President signed the Fair Sentencing Act, bipartisan legislation that eased the disparity in the amounts of powder cocaine and crack cocaine required to trigger certain penalties in the federal system, including rigid mandatory minimum sentences.In 2010,… [read post]
4 Jul 2017, 9:21 am
Illegal controlled substances fall into the following categories and include: Class A – crack cocaine, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, LSD, magic mushrooms, methadone and methamphetamine Class B – speed, cannabis, codeine, ketamine and some amphetamines Class C – anabolic steroids, khat and GHB What is classified as ‘possession of a controlled substance’? [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 12:12 pm
The second new law reduces the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses to 18-to-1. [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 7:08 pm
Make the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive, allowing approximately 5,800 crack cocaine offenders sentenced before August 2010 to seek sentences in line with the Fair Sentencing Act’s reforms. [read post]
4 Jul 2012, 3:25 pm
The court also ruled that a fairly recent federal statute, the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced sentences for crack cocaine offenses, did apply to a band of offenders who committed their crimes before the act took effect, but were sentenced afterwards. [read post]
17 Jul 2010, 9:35 am
This Act reduces (though does not eliminate) the sentencing discrepancy between crack and powder cocaine. [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 4:00 am
This video will act as my confession. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 1:19 pm
Mitchell’s 180-month imprisonment sentence as a career offender under the United States Sentencing Guidelines following his guilty plea to distributing 52.4 grams of crack cocaine. [read post]
31 Aug 2018, 9:24 am
Your client, Antwuan Ball, was charged with distributing a few grams of crack cocaine in addition to conspiring with an extensive network of crack dealers. [read post]
8 Oct 2013, 5:34 am
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21 Apr 2008, 11:52 am
US, No. 06-11429 The term "felony drug offense" contained in the Controlled Substances Act's (CSA), 21 U.S.C. section 841(b)(1)(A), provision for a 20-year minimum sentence, is defined exclusively by section 802(44) and does not incorporate section 802(13)'s definition of "felony. [read post]
3 Mar 2008, 12:13 pm
Baylor, No. 07-3002 Defendant's convictions for interfering with commerce by robbery, in violation of the Hobbs Act, and using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence are affirmed over meritless claims that: 1) the requirement of a de minimis effect on interstate commerce under the Hobbs Act is unconstitutional in light of the Supreme Court's decision in US v. [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 5:09 am
The proposal would also expand a reform Congress previously passed, The Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the punishment disparity in crack and powder cocaine. [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 1:22 am
A judge has 30 days to meet with Puello, Dominican authorities and an attorney representing the U.S. before deciding whether to honor an extradition request, he said. 1st Circuit Upholds 10-Year Sentence for Distributing Cocaine Base The National Law Journal The 1st Circuit last week upheld a sentence for cocaine distribution, over defense arguments that the mandatory minimum sentence for crack cocaine shouldn't apply because the… [read post]
