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Crack epidemic in the United States (3,032 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In 1986, the U.S. Congress passed laws that created a 100 to 1 sentencing disparity for the possession or trafficking of crack when compared to penalties

2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Roberts (71 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

261 (2009) Federal Sentencing Guidelines • crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity Alito Roberts dissented from the Court's per curiam opinion. 104

Gregory A. Presnell (455 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to come to agreement on. Presnell's comments on the crack/powder sentencing disparity were also noted by the media in that year. In October 2016, he dismissed

Mark W. Bennett (893 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bennett after he refused to apply the 100:1 powder/crack cocaine sentencing disparity. The Eighth Circuit was then reversed by the Supreme Court, which

Crack cocaine (3,913 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

same sentence with powder cocaine one had to have 500 grams. This sentencing disparity was reduced from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1 by the Fair Sentencing Act of

Demico Boothe (1,077 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

major theme of his book Why Are So Many Black Men in Prison? is this sentencing disparity, which Boothe blames on racism. After serving eight years and ten

John H. Pratt (1,469 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pratt was also a critic of mandatory minimum sentences and in the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Pratt served as chairman

Don Young (10,380 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cosponsored and voted for the EQUAL Act, which eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powdered cocaine. On August 22, 2020, Young

Karla Homolka (7,444 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Lorraine Leafloor, Kathrine (1997). Investigating Gender Bias and Sentencing Disparity A Case Study Analysis of the Paul Bernardo Karla Homolka Case (PDF)

Paul Bernardo (7,460 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Lorraine Leafloor, Kathrine (1997). Investigating Gender Bias and Sentencing Disparity A Case Study Analysis of the Paul Bernardo Karla Homolka Case (PDF)

War on drugs (25,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act into law, reducing the 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine to 18:1 for pending and future cases

Martin A. Martin (1,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

civil rights law firm reconstituted as Hill, Tucker and Marsh. The sentencing disparity arguments Martin had raised received additional impetus from Justice

United States v. Booker (4,639 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Second, "Congress's basic statutory goal — a system that diminishes sentencing disparity — depends for its success upon judicial efforts to determine, and

Barney Frank (8,964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Act" ((S.1711) 07-S1711) to "target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine". In 2008, Frank sponsored "Removing

Timeline of African-American history (19,376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

holiday. October 27 – Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 establishes 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine 1987 The Public Broadcasting Service's

Race and the war on drugs (11,345 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

disproportionate. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 established a 100-1 sentencing disparity for the possession of crack or powder cocaine. Possession of 500

Racism against African Americans (10,184 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

leading many to criticize the law as discriminatory. The 100:1 sentencing disparity was reduced to 18:1 in 2010 by the Fair Sentencing Act. According

Race in the United States criminal justice system (16,802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

looking at felony case data from Cook County, Illinois found that the sentencing disparity between Blacks and Whites varied significantly from judge to judge

Discrimination based on skin tone (20,473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

million per year in direct costs." The majority of the unexplained sentencing disparity appears to occur at the point when prosecutors decide to bring charges

Jeff Sessions (19,240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sessions supported the reduction (but not the elimination) of the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powdered cocaine, ultimately passed into

Rand Paul (20,606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

civil asset forfeiture, the RESET Act in 2014 to address the crack sentencing disparity and how drugs are weighed, the Police CAMERA Act in 2015 to increase

Presidency of Barack Obama (26,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

August 2010, Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. In 2012, Colorado and Washington

Gender inequality (19,050 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a case by case basis, they are not and that is what creates this sentencing disparity. Men are 63% more likely to be given longer and harsher sentences

Racism in the United States (28,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

leading many to criticize the law as discriminatory. The 100:1 sentencing disparity was reduced to 18:1 in 2010 by the Fair Sentencing Act. During the

Decarceration in the United States (13,705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Congress in 2010, the federal Fair Sentencing Act reduced the 100-to-1 sentencing disparity for crack versus powder cocaine offenses, with crack more common