The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which will at last narrow the divide between prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine busts, is on its way to President Obama’s desk today. The Senate passed the ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland issued new guidance on Friday essentially eliminating the disparity in federal sentencing for the distribution of crack cocaine versus powder cocaine, a policy that ...

While we wait for the United States Senate to pass the Equal Act, effectively and finally eliminating the sentencing disparity between two forms of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Gen. Merrick Garland outlined ...

TRENTON − A Cliffwood man, who was a principal player in a ring that peddled powder cocaine and crack cocaine throughout Monmouth County and into Ocean County in 2019, was convicted in federal court ...

Lawmakers are making a last-ditch push to pass legislation that seeks to reduce — but not entirely erase — sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine offenses before the year is finished.

Salon columnist Joe Conason whacked U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan because, as deputy director of President Bill Clinton’s Domestic Policy Council in 1997, she supported a compromise measure ...

Under federal law, possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine, the equivalent of slightly more than a teaspoon of sugar, will net an offender a mandatory five-year prison sentence. A drug abuser who ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to end sentencing differences between crack and powder cocaine offenders to address racial disparities in the law. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland instructed federal prosecutors Friday to end sentencing disparities between offenders convicted of crimes involving crack and powder cocaine, a decadeslong policy that ...

Legislation Only Way To Eliminate Discriminatory Sentencing Disparity, Says ACLU FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: (202) 675-2312; [email protected] WASHINGTON – The House Judiciary Committee held a ...

Salon columnist Joe Conason whacked U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan because, as deputy director of President Bill Clinton’s Domestic Policy Council in 1997, she supported a compromise measure ...