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House Considers Bills To Equalize Federal Crack And Powder Cocaine Sentencing

By ACLU

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WASHINGTON ? The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing today on eliminating the unjust and discriminatory 100-to-1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences under federal law. As part of the hearing, entitled ?Unfairness in Federal Cocaine Sentencing: Is it time to crack the 100-to-1 disparity?,? lawmakers considered several bills to equalize crack and cocaine sentencing statutes and heard testimony from former baseball player Willie Mays Aikens; Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer; a U.S. District Court Judge; a district attorney; and a former prosecutor, among others. Federal law treats five grams of crack cocaine the same as 500 grams of powder cocaine.

Full post as published by ACLU Newsroom on May 21, 2009 (boomark / email).

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