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14 Dec 2018, 7:06 pm
Addressing Sentencing Disparities The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 reduced the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences for individuals convicted of possession after 2010. [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]
10 Jul 2018, 6:21 pm
Therefore §7 of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA), 28 U. [read post]
17 Jun 2018, 4:58 pm
It would take fifteen long years before an African American President named Barak Obama would lead Congress to pass the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 that reduced the disparity between crack and powder cocaine from 100-to-l to 18-1. [read post]
28 May 2018, 4:23 am
And they did one thing more that was extremely controversial: they made it retroactive, which Congress embodied in the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [read post]
16 Dec 2017, 8:50 am
The US comes in last of the top 10 most well-off countries, and 18th amongst the top 21.In the OECD the US ranks 35th out of 37 in terms of poverty and inequality. [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 2017, 10:36 am
Hicks was sentenced after Congress enacted the Fair Sentencing Act reducing crack sentences, but before the Supreme Court held in Dorsey v. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 8:51 am
The crimes are broken down by substance such as trafficking and conspiracy to traffick in marijuana, heroin, cocaine (powder versus crack) or methamphetamine. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 4:31 am
When crack was invented, a myth immediately grew that it was far more dangerous, far different, than powdered cocaine. [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]
1 Jul 2016, 7:29 am
Probably the most important component of the law is that it would make the Fair Sentencing Act, which lowered the mandatory minimums for crack cocaine-related crimes to those of powder cocaine, retroactive. [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]
18 Aug 2015, 5:26 am
, to the chase.In a Times Op-Ed, Alec Karakatsanis, tells the story of Ezell Gilbert.In March 1997, he was sentenced to 24 years and four months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine. [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]
29 Jun 2015, 6:58 am
Brown, (not this case) the defendant was arrested for jaywalking, a minor misdemeanor offense, and a search incident to that arrest turned up crack cocaine. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 6:35 pm
Bailey, Seventh Circuit: Appellant pled guilty to distributing crack cocaine and reserved his right to appeal if the Fair Sentencing Act ever was determined to apply to his case. [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 4:00 am
This video will act as my confession. [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 4:00 am
This video will act as my confession. [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 4:00 am
This video will act as my confession. [read post]
