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: Sentencing Law and Policy

"Time to end the crack disparity"

By Douglas A. Berman

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The title of this post is the title of this editorial from today's Philadelphia Inquier. Here is an excerpt: This is National Crack the Disparity Month. Never heard of it? Then listen. Crack the Disparity is the name of a coalition lobbying to change the federal law mandating longer sentences to persons arrested for having crack cocaine than those caught with powder cocaine.... The uneven treatment strikes at the heart of the justice system. The stiff sentence for crack cocaine is one of the main reasons prisons are overflowing with nonviolent offenders. The harsher sentences have had a terrible impact on inner-city neighborhoods, where the cheaper crack is more likely to be found. Families are torn apart when members are arrested and sent to prison for long terms...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 27, 2009 (boomark / email).

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