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18 Aug 2010, 8:41 am
In late July , Congress ratcheted back the now discredited crack-versus-powder cocaine sentencing disparity after more than 20 years, by passing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 7:35 pm
The Act sought to get rid of sentencing disparity, provide transparency and fairness to the process, hand out punishment proportionate to crimes committed, and deter crime. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 11:37 am
The new measure (Fair Sentencing Act) increases the amount of crack from five grams to 28 grams for a five-year sentence and eliminates mandatory prison for first-time offenders. [read post]
4 Aug 2010, 5:24 pm
Yesterday, President Obama signed S.1789, the long-awaited sentencing fairness act that reduced the appalling 100-to-1 sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 1:44 pm
Earlier this morning, President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act into law. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 12:56 pm
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 [S 1789 materials] amends existing law to reduce the current sentencing ratio from 100:1 to 18:1. [read post]
2 Aug 2010, 2:21 pm
Congress has passed, and President Obama is expected to sign, the Fair Sentencing Act. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 11:55 am
Nearly a quarter of a century after President Reagan signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act resulting in the infamous 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack and cocaine powder offenses the House of Representatives passed the Fair Sentencing Act by a voice vote yesterday with both Democrats and Republicans speaking on the floor in support of the legislation. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 7:53 am
Mumia currently faces a grave threat: the US Supreme Court has accepted an appeal to re-instate Mumia's death sentence, and Philadelphia's District Attorney has pledged his intention to pursue his execution. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 6:45 am
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 [S 1789 materials] would amend existing law to reduce the current sentencing ratio from 100:1 to 18:1. [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 1:30 pm
The House of Representatives has passed S. 1789, the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [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]
23 Jul 2010, 4:58 pm
The House could vote any day now on the Fair Sentencing Act. [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]
28 May 2010, 2:11 pm
The Fair Sentencing Act, which would reduce the 100:1 crack-powder ratio to 18:1, has passed the Senate and is awaiting action in the House. [read post]
24 May 2010, 11:29 pm
Fair enough. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 5:30 pm
In 2007, the United States Sentencing Commission promulgated the Crack Guidelines Amendment to prospectively reduce base offense levels for most crack cocaine offenses by two levels. [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]
18 Mar 2010, 5:32 am
The Fair Sentencing Act, introduced by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) [official website], would amend existing law to reduce the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine convictions from [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 6:12 am
The Fair Sentencing Act, introduced by Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL; official profile], is intended to bridge the gap between crack and powder cocaine sentencing by amending the Controlled Substances Act [text] and [read post]
