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12 May 2014, 3:11 pm
It applies to offenders convicted of trafficking in heroin, methamphetamine, crack, cocaine, PCP, LSD, marijuana, and other dangerous drugs. [read post]
10 Jun 2008, 2:02 pm
However, defendants' sentences are remanded for reconsideration on the issue of the crack/powder cocaine disparity in light of Kimbrough". [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]
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]
1 Dec 2008, 9:18 pm
Parker, No. 072776 Conviction and sentence for conspiring to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of drug trafficking are affirmed over claims of error that: 1) requiring defendant to leave the hotel room was a seizure in a violation of the Fourth Amendment; 2) failure to give Miranda warnings prior to interrogation was unlawful; 3) the search warrant was impermissibly broad; and 4)… [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]
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]
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]
29 Jun 2008, 4:34 am
June 24, 2008), was whether a sentencing court may use money attributable to drug transactions to determine quantity of drugs relevant to sentencing (brief answer, yes) and whether the sentencing court's ambiguous statements regarding its power to reject the Sentencing Commission's 100-1 crack-cocaine guideline ratio mandated resentencing (brief answer, also yes).But the Jones Court also took the opportunity to do an extensive… [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 11:37 am
The United States Sentencing Commission took another step toward creating fairness in federal sentencing by voting to retroactively apply the new Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) guidelines to individuals sentenced before the law was enacted. [read post]
21 Jun 2012, 3:02 pm
MARCIA COYLE: The justices decided that the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which Congress passed in order to lower the mandatory minimum sentences for crack offenders, does apply to that narrow band of offenders who were convicted before the 2010 law, but sentenced after the 2010 law. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 3:37 am
Back in 1986, having watched one too many episodes of Miami Vice, Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which imposed stiff penalties on trafficking in crack cocaine. [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 8:46 am
White, No. 06-4185 Conviction and sentence for distribution of crack cocaine are affirmed where: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the prosecution to introduce evidence concerning a witness' other government cooperation in order to rehabilitate the witness; 2) the defendant was predisposed to violate the law, thus the government did not engage in sentencing entrapment; and 3) the district court did not err in considering drug… [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 12:15 pm
Fifth, Justice Sotomayor once again urges Congress to take action: Indeed, the bipartisan lead sponsors of the First StepAct have urged this Court to hold that the Act "makes retroactive relief broadly available to all individuals sentenced for crack-cocaine offenses before the Fair Sentencing Act. [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]
30 Jan 2012, 8:42 am
Both cases concern the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced the sentencing disparity between mandatory minimums for crack and cocaine offenses from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 12:30 pm
DePierre guilty of distribution of cocaine base it must find that his offense involved crack cocaine. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 9:39 am
Whether it is identifying a drug addiction issue so that we may assist in getting them treatment or counseling, negotiating a fair resolution in an effort to have charges or a sentence reduced or preparing and taking a case to trial, the Best Houston Criminal Lawyer is available to assist and defend you. [read post]
30 Sep 2021, 9:13 am
Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to reduce the disparity between sentences for offenders convicted of distributing crack cocaine and those convicted of distributing powder cocaine. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 3:02 pm
During the campaign, Obama expressed concern about the number of African-American men in prison, and declared his intention to eliminate the disparity in sentences for crack and powder cocaine. [read post]
