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1 Jun 2011, 8:47 am
Sentencing Commission in downtown Washington, said the Fair Sentencing Act “is being successfully implemented nationwide, achieving its central goals of promoting public safety and public trust and ensuring a fair and effective criminal justice system. [read post]
24 May 2011, 10:58 am
I am grateful for the opportunity to address the Commission on the topic of retroactivity for the recently promulgated permanent amendments implementing the Fair Sentencing Act. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 7:25 pm
” The new law, the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, narrowed the vast gap between penalties for crimes involving crack and powder cocaine, a development many judges welcomed. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 8:21 pm
" Via Sentencing Law and Policy, a federal judge in Iowa says he'll keep using the 1:1 crack powder cocaine ratio rather than the 18:1 contained in Fair Sentencing Act. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 8:00 am
" In enacting The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Congress did not "expressly provide. [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]
1 Apr 2011, 11:26 am
The Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2010 reduced the dubious 100:1 powder/crack ratio to a 17.8:1 ratio. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 1:26 pm
The Fair Sentencing Act was a step in the right direction to eliminate racial disparities in crack cocaine sentencing in particular, Machen said. [read post]
9 Feb 2011, 2:50 pm
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, often referred to as the "Crack Amendment," went into effect in November. [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]
2 Dec 2010, 12:03 pm
On August 3, 2010, the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 went into effect. [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]
24 Oct 2010, 12:19 pm
For Further Reading: The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 changed the crack/powder ratio for mandatory-minimums. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 11:08 am
Sentencing Crack cocaine The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 is not retroactive. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 10:22 am
Sentencing Commission implemented its emergency temporary amendments to the crack cocaine guidelines to comply with the Fair Sentencing Act passed by Congress that reduces the penalties for crack cocaine to be more in line with those for powder cocaine (roughly 18 to 1 instead of 100 to 1) and how did they do it? [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 4:30 am
Good examples of this hostility include mandatory minimums, the sentencing guidelines, and the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 7:06 pm
MCGILL, Defendant-Appellee. 11th Circuit.Criminal law -- Evidence -- Statements of defendant -- Private safety or rescue exception to Miranda rule where suspect is questioned by police officers when the suspect is confronted with a life-threatening medical emergency -- Where officers observed defendant chewing and attempting to swallow several pieces of crack cocaine, tried to stop defendant from swallowing too much of the substance, and asked defendant if he had any more… [read post]
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]
19 Aug 2010, 8:36 am
President Obama recently signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which significantly reduces the crack cocaine and powder cocaine sentencing discrepancy. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 8:36 am
President Obama recently signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which significantly reduces the crack cocaine and powder cocaine sentencing discrepancy. [read post]
