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23 Nov 2011, 12:21 pm
We have commended the president for his role in the passage of the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the crack to powder cocaine sentencing disparity from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 7:50 am
President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act, legislation that limits the harsh punishments that were enacted during the 1980s for lowlevel crack cocaine offenses. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 9:03 pm
Led to that house, agents had retrieved a big supply of powder and crack cocaine, plus $850,000 in cash. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 2:16 pm
How many people stand to have their sentences reduced beginning this week as a result of the reduction in the racially biased crack-cocaine sentencing disparity? [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 9:55 am
Retroactive Reduction in Sentencing Disparities Years of ACLU advocacy to eliminate the crack-cocaine sentencing disparity paid off last year with the passage of the federal Fair Sentencing Act. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 12:09 pm
The 2010 Fair Sentencing Act went into effect on Tuesday, lightening the penalties for crack cocaine convictions. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 10:21 pm
Under the new Fair Sentencing Act, thousands of federal prisoners nationwide are now eligible for early release after changes in the way sentences for crack cocaine are calculated. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 10:21 pm
Under the new Fair Sentencing Act, thousands of federal prisoners nationwide are now eligible for early release after changes in the way sentences for crack cocaine are calculated. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 11:11 am
Last year, Congress took a major step toward ensuring fairness in the criminal justice system by passing the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced racial disparities caused by draconian crack cocaine sentencing laws. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 3:32 pm
If I want to do cocaine I’ve got to go find some seedy dealer who may murder me to sell it to me while I dodge cops, crack fiends, and my wife. [read post]
12 Aug 2011, 6:30 am
The position tossed overboard was that sentencing judges should refuse to give retroactive effect to a more lenient crack cocaine sentencing statute passed in the last Congress. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 2:00 pm
First, on June 30, the United States Sentencing Commission voted to apply retroactively the new Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) guidelines to individuals sentenced before the law was enacted. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 8:17 am
Prisoners eligible for a reduction of their sentence under reduced crack-cocaine guidelines pursuant to the Fair Sentencing Act made retroactive June 30, 2011, can begin petitioning judges for a revised sentence beginning November 1, 2011. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 3:27 pm
” He describes watching conservatives like Norquist and Keene testify against mandatory minimums or for last year’s Fair Sentencing Act, which corrected harsh disparities in penalties between crack and powder cocaine, as “electrifying. [read post]
3 Jul 2011, 12:11 pm
The Fair Sentencing Act reduced the disparity between "crack" and "powder" to 18 to one. [read post]
3 Jul 2011, 12:11 pm
The Fair Sentencing Act reduced the disparity between "crack" and "powder" to 18 to one. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 3:22 pm
Following much thought and careful deliberation, the United States Sentencing Commission took another step toward creating fairness in federal sentencing by retroactively applying the new Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) guidelines to individuals sentenced before the law was enacted. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 12:29 pm
The Commission voted to retroactively apply 2010’s Fair Sentencing Act to those with lengthy crack-cocaine sentences. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 10:11 am
The retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act is an historic step toward truly fair sentencing, and it will positively impact the nearly 1 in 17 federal prisoners who have been incarcerated for crack-cocaine offenses. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 12:21 pm
Sentencing Commission voted to retroactively apply the new Fair Sentencing Act guidelines to individuals sentenced before the law was enacted. [read post]
