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Watching the webcast of the Senate crack disparity hearing

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this official notice, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs will hold a hearing at 10am this morning entitled "Restoring Fairness to Federal Sentencing: Addressing the Crack-Powder Disparity."  Though I do not plan to live-blog the event, I do plan to try to watch the live webcast from this link.  And I hope readers feel free to use the comments to provide real-time commentary or any notable moments from the event. Some recent related posts: Is the new DOJ about to crack the stalemate over fixing the crack disparity? "Time to end the crack disparity": Will "National Call-In Day for Justice" achieve anything? New report from The Sentencing Project on the drug war's racial dynamics Any early federal sentencing thoughts on Eric Holder, the next U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 29, 2009 (boomark / email).