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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]
30 Jun 2011, 12:12 pm
[JURIST] The US Sentencing Commission (USSC) [official website] voted unanimously [press release, PDF] on Thursday to implement the retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act [S 1789 materials], which brings the sentences for crack cocaine more in line for those of powder cocaine. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 12:11 pm
On August 3, 2010, President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ("FSA") into law. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 10:52 am
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]
30 Jun 2011, 7:33 am
Congress passed a law last year substantially lowering recommended sentences for people convicted of crack cocaine crimes, ranging from possession to trafficking. [read post]
29 Jun 2011, 10:03 am
Last year, Congress took an important step toward creating a more just criminal justice system by passing the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced racial disparities caused by draconian crack cocaine sentencing laws. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 10:11 am
That’s why we have used bookstores, record stores, GameStop and even eBay. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:01 am
In October 2010, the USSC promulgated a temporary emergency amendment that implemented the emergency directive in section 8 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:01 am
In October 2010, the USSC promulgated a temporary emergency amendment that implemented the emergency directive in section 8 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. [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]
10 Jun 2011, 11:43 am
A step backward in crack cocaine sentencing Last year's passage of the Fair Sentencing Act took an important step toward the reformation of one of our country's most outrageous drug sentencing laws, minimizing (though not abolishing) the unfair disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 7:23 am
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ("FSA") is designed to reduce this disparity dramatically. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 7:00 am
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) changed the ratio to 18 to 1 but this occurred after DePierre was convicted. ? [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 2:17 pm
United States: In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Thomas, the Court held that a federal sentencing court must determine whether an offense under state law is a serious drug offense for purposes of a sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) by consulting the maximum term of imprisonment app [read post]
5 Jun 2011, 8:49 am
The FSA reduces terrifically unjust sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 11:35 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] Thursday rejected [opinion, PDF] a prisoner's attempt to have new crack cocaine sentencing guidelines applied retroactively to reduce his sentence. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 11:35 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] Thursday rejected [opinion, PDF] a prisoner's attempt to have new crack cocaine sentencing guidelines applied retroactively to reduce his sentence. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 10:48 am
“Attorney General Eric Holder, in his first public statement on how past crack-cocaine defendants should be handled since the Fair Sentencing Act was signed into law last August, last Wednesday said new reduced penalties for federal crack-cocaine offenses should be applied retroactively, setting up a clash over the potential release of thousands of drug offenders currently in prison. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 8:06 am
In order to implement the FSA, the United States Sentencing Commission (the independent agency responsible for setting sentencing policies for the federal courts) has restructured the federal sentencing guidelines to decrease the disparity between mandatory minimum sentences for certain quantities of crack and powder cocaine and to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for possession of small amounts of crack … [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 11:49 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] Wednesday testified [text, PDF] before the US Sentencing Commission (USSC) [official website] calling for the retroactive application of a new law bringing the sentences for crack cocaine more in line for those of powder cocaine. [read post]
