Cutting Unfair Crack Cocaine Sentences Saves Taxpayers >$500 Million
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Powder cocaine and crack are two versions of the same drug, except that crack is processed with baking soda or other substances. Until 2010, when Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act, a person caught with one gram of crack would get as much time … Read more on Mother Jones
Aug 19, 2013 — America's black leadership supported the drug war for decades …
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In the 2000s, he began sponsoring legislation to ease sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine. Rangel published editorials acknowledging that tough crime laws — which he called "well intentioned" — were hurting many African American … Read more on North Country Public Radio
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In 2010 he signed the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the senseless disparity in penalties between snorted and smoked cocaine. That law, which Congress approved almost unanimously, represents a consensus that crack offenders sentenced under the … Read more on Reason (blog)
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