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Will "National Call-In Day for Justice" achieve anything?

By Douglas A. Berman

I have already received two (not quite distinct) e-mails reminding me that today is "national Call-In Day."  Here are parts of these e-mails: From FAMM: Help flood Congress with calls!  Call your federal lawmakers today and tell them that it is time to end the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.  Your calls will make an important difference. The National Call-In Day is part of "Crack the Disparity" National Month of Advocacy, a month-long coordinated push to eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.... Twenty-three years of a failed policy is long enough!  It's time to end this unjust and disproportionate sentencing policy.  Follow this link to get talking points and contact information for your federal senators and representative...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).