Obama Can Fix the Race Gap in Sentencing Law
Obama Can Fix the Race Gap in Sentencing Law
Filed under: Crack Cocaine
The disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentencing has been the most notorious example of profound racial bias baked into our superficially neutral criminal laws. For decades, federal law punished crack cocaine offenses more severely than … Read more on The Slatest
Panorama – Crack Cocaine UK Documentary 1992 – BBC documentary originally broadcast in 1992 which examines the increase of crack cocaine use in the UK. This programme explores the routes of international …
Police: Man had baby, crack cocaine in stroller near Rock Hill park
Filed under: Crack Cocaine
ROCK HILL An anonymous tip about a man selling drugs on a Rock Hill street that borders a city park led police to a man who they say kept crack cocaine in a baby stroller while his infant son was in the stroller Monday night, police say. A police … Read more on Charlotte Observer
Man found with 69 grams crack cocaine, sentenced
Filed under: Crack Cocaine
ALBANY, N.Y. – A local man will spend the next 8 years in State Prison after he was found guilty of possessing 69 grams of crack cocaine. Thirty-five year old DaShawn Crooks was found guilty of two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled … Read more on WXXA