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Read Advocacy Material: National Month of Advocacy Lobby Day an Empowering Success for Crack Reform

By The Sentencing Project

Nearly 100 supporters from around the U.S. descended on Capitol Hill this week to lobby for the reform of the harsh crack cocaine sentences that have existed for 23 years. Part of the Crack the Disparity coalition's National Month of Advocacy, the National Lobby Day was an empowering success as constituents from nearly 20 states met with their Congressional representatives Tuesday, April 28, following a breakfast briefing that rallied constituents to relay the harshness of the current crack cocaine sentencing laws on African-American communities. Posted Date: 5/1/2009 4:02:23 PM

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).