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A (third-hand hearsay) report on how DOJ is now dealing with crack sentencings

By Douglas A. Berman

In prior posts, I have been wondering how local federal prosecutors would approach crack sentencings in the wake of advocacy from the new Justice Department last week in Congress urging the complete elimination of any crack/powder disparity.  This afternoon, I got a partial (third-hand hearsay) answer when I received from a friend of the blog via e-mail what purports to be part of a letter from a federal prosecutor to defense counsel in one federal district.  Here is the key section of that letter: United States Attorney?s Offices were provided with new guidance concerning sentencing for crack cocaine offenses.  This guidance provides that United States Attorney?s Offices should inform courts that the Department of Justice believes Congress and the United States Sentencing Commission should eliminate the crack/powder cocaine disparity...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).