Strange Bedfellows Call for Mandatory Minimums Reform

Published March 26, 2013

Strange Bedfellows Call for Mandatory Minimums Reform

Filed under: crack vs cocaine sentencing

For years, the harsher penalties for crack versus powder have disproportionately impacted African-Americans. Had Hamedah been convicted of an offense involving powder as opposed to crack cocaine, she would not have faced such a harsh penalty, since … Read more on American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)

Man from Pottstown, Upper Darby, admits to burglary, drug charges, ends up in jail

Filed under: crack vs cocaine sentencing

Steven Mitchell, 19, of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to a total of 1 ½ to 3 years in a state correctional facility after he pleaded guilty to felony charges of burglary and possession with intent to deliver … Read more on The Times Herald

Fulton Co., Ky standoff ends in arrest

Filed under: crack vs cocaine sentencing

At the time of this incident, Police say White was on felony probation for trafficking in a controlled substance, first degree, first offense (crack cocaine), stemming from a 2010 conviction in Fulton Circuit Court, in which he received a 10-year … Read more on KFVS