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9 Aug 2013, 12:58 pm
Additionally, last week saw the release of the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013, which would reduce some federal mandatory minimum sentences, make a modest expansion to the safety valve provision (though continuing to exclude anyone previously incarcerated in prison for more than 13 months in the past 10 years), and make the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act applicable to persons sentenced before its enactment, which would reduce sentences… [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 12:41 pm
The bipartisan Act reduced the sentencing disparity that existed between crack and powder cocaine offenses. [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 11:35 am
This bill will reduce mandatory minimum sentences for some drug offenses, apply the Fair Sentencing Act to those currently serving sentences for crack cocaine offenses, and give judges more discretion to determine if people deserve mandatory minimum sentences. [read post]
4 Apr 2013, 4:12 pm
Augustine, No. 12-50061 (04-03-13) (Hurwitz with Callahan and Ikuta)In the Fair Sentencing Act, Congress finally addressed, somewhat, the inequitable disparity between the sentences for crack and the sentences for powder cocaine. [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]
31 Jan 2013, 6:49 am
In fairness to the government, I write here to explain my belief that the offense guideline for heroin, cocaine, and crack offenses (“drug trafficking offenses”) is deeply and structurally flawed. [read post]
18 Jan 2013, 1:54 pm
In the first 100 days of his second term, he should accomplish three important goals: (1) adjust the unduly harsh crack cocaine sentences meted out before enactment of the Fair Sentencing act; (2) bar racial profiling in federal law enforcement; and (3) remove restrictions on communications between federal prisoners and their attorneys. [read post]
22 Oct 2012, 1:50 pm
However, the Seventh Circuit did not find such a consensus; although the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 softened crack-powder disparities, the Act did not eliminate them. [read post]
16 Oct 2012, 11:42 am
§ 3582(c)(2), based on the amended crack cocaine guidelines implementing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 8:22 am
Highsmith, Second Circuit: Remanding for resentencing on appellant's conviction for conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of crack cocaine to apply the reduced mandatory minimum sentences prescribed by the Fair Sentencing Act, which was passed after the appellant committed this offense but before he was sentenced. 8. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 8:22 am
Highsmith, Second Circuit: Remanding for resentencing on appellant's conviction for conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of crack cocaine to apply the reduced mandatory minimum sentences prescribed by the Fair Sentencing Act, which was passed after the appellant committed this offense but before he was sentenced. 8. [read post]
31 Jul 2012, 11:05 am
The FSA softened the controversial mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine offenses that have been in place since 1986. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 4:08 pm
The FSA softened the controversial mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine offenses that have been in place since 1986. [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]
9 Jul 2012, 7:43 pm
The issue as framed by the Court was whether the more lenient penalty provisions of the Fair Sentencing Act “apply to offenders who committed a crack cocaine crime before August 3,2010, but were not sentenced until after August 3. [read post]
8 Jul 2012, 11:45 pm
Under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 the quantity of powder cocaine requiring a mandatory five year or ten year was 100 times the amount of crack cocaine requiring the same mandatory sentence. [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]
28 Jun 2012, 11:04 am
President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) into law on August 3, 2010. [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]
25 Jun 2012, 3:49 am
US, the Court held that the provisions of the Fair Sentencing Act, which substantially reduced penalties for crack cocaine dealers and users, could be applied to those who committed their crimes before the Act’s effective date in 2010. [read post]
