Crack and Retroactivity
Media
Editorial:
Cocaine, Crack And Questions About Fairness; from Dallas
News (TX), 3/24/10
Same
Crap, Different County: Another Small Texas Town Overpunishes
Another Piddly Drug Offender; from Houston Press (TX),
3/14/10
Senate
Judiciary Committee Unanimously Passes Bill to Reduce Crack/Powder
Cocaine Sentencing Disparity; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 3/12/10
New
Crack Cocaine Bill Leaves Thousands Behind Bars; from
New America Media (US), 10/21/09
Bill
Targets Sentencing Rules For Crack And Powder Cocaine;
from Washington Post (DC), 10/16/09
Crack/Powder
Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Bill Passes Key House Subcommittee,
Heads for Floor Vote; from Drug War Chronicle (US),
7/31/09
Closing
the Gap: Obama Could Fix Cocaine Sentencing; from Newsweek
(US), 7/20/09
Two
Judges Target Cocaine Penalties; from Washington Post
(DC), 6/29/09
Column:
The Dumb And Mean War On Drugs; from San Francisco
Chronicle (US), 5/8/09
Justice
Department Urges Equalizing Drug Sentences; from Washington
Post (DC), 4/29/09
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Resources
CrackThe
Disparity!
Preliminary
Crack Cocaine Retroactivity Data Report; from US Sentencing
Commission, 9/17/08 (pdf)
Crack
Cocaine Guideline Amendments Explained; from US Office of Defender
Services (DC), 2008
Sample Motions, Briefs And Orders Relating
To Retroactive Application Of Crack Cocaine Guideline Amendment;
from US Office
of Defender Services (DC), 2008. (You can print and send
these documents to your imprisoned loved ones.)
Retroactive
"Crack" Amendment Blog -- "A new law makes
19,500 inmates eligible for a sentence reduction. Your loved
one may be one of them." An informative forum by TX attorney
Chad P. Van Cleave, who specializes in federal drug cases.
"Reader-Friendly"
Version of Amendments on Crack Cocaine and Retroactivity,
Effective May 1, 2008; from United States Sentencing Commission (USSC)
(pdf)
Supplement to the
2007 [Sentencing] Guidelines Manual, including Crack
Cocaine Sentencing Reductions & Retroactivity; from United States Sentencing
Commission (USSC), March 3, 2008 (pdf)
Families Against Mandatory
Minimums provides a 3
page, pdf document that will be updated as legal details
are made available. If you or someone you know that is imprisoned
has questions on crack sentencing and retroactivity, they are
likely covered in this FAQ.
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Download these full color posters from The Sentencing Project (.pdf) |
Obama
Seeks To Change Crack Sentences; from Associated Press
(US), 4/29/09
Now
That He's Released, Garrison's First Priority is Reform;
from Crack The Disparity (US), 4/4/09
New
Look At Sentencing Guidelines For Cocaine; from San Francisco
Chronicle (CA), 3/8/09
The
Crack Baby Myth: Now They Tell Us; from FAIR.org (US),
1/30/09
Crack
Babies: The Epidemic That Wasn't; from New York Times
(NY), 1/27/09
New
Sentencing Guidelines For Crack, New Challenges; from Washington
Post (DC). 1/1/09
Prison
Terms In Cocaine Cases Reduced For Some Because Of Disparities;
from Sun-Sentinel (FL), 9/21/08
VA
Leads In Crack Sentence Reductions; from Daily Press
(VA), 8/16/08
Coming
Home After A Reduced Sentence; from Washington Post
(DC), 5/8/08
Report:
Sentences Reduced For 3,000 Cocaine Inmates; from New
York Times (NY), 4/25/08
Judges
Deny Some Crack Convicts Legal Help on Sentences; from McClatchy
Newspapers (US), 4/20/08
As Many
Crack Convicts Are Freed Early, Will Crime Rise? from Christian
Science Monitor (US), 4/9/08
"Crack
Heads Gone Wild" Video Raises Troubling Ethical Questions;
from Drug War Chronicle Blog (US), 4/3/08
Freedom
Eludes Many Crack Inmates; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 4/3/08
New
Guidelines Reduce Crack Dealer's Sentence; from Capital
Times (WI), 3/26/08
Column:
Now Is The Time To Liberate Blacks From Prisons; from Louisiana
Weekly (LA), 3/10/08
Mukasey
Puts Latest Crack In Truth On Drugs; from Chicago Tribune
(IL), 3/7/08
Government
Starts Cutting Sentences Of Crack Inmates; from Washington
Post (DC), 3/5/08
Column: Drug
Laws' Absence Of Justice; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 3/6/08
Clinton's
Crack Cocaine Apology: Too Little Too Late? from Huffington Post (US), 3/4/08
Crack
Sentencing Gets a Hearing on Capitol Hill While Advocates Mobilize;
from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 2/29/08
Mukasey
Wants Police Support To Prevent Prisoner Releases; from CNN
(US), 2/26/08
Crack
Offenders Set For Release Mostly Nonviolent, Study Says;
from Washington Post (DC), 2/22/08
U.N. Committee
to Review Racial Injustice in U.S.; from Sentencing Project
(US), 2/21/08
U.S. Shift
May Free Up To 30 Inmates; from Boston Globe (MA),
2/21/08 -- More on Crack/Powder Cocaine
Sentence
Corrections Possible In Crack Cocaine Cases; from Kansas
City Star (MO), 2/19/08
Finding 11-Day
Sentence Not Too Little But Too Late; from New York Times
(US), 2/13/08
AG's Effort
To Revise [Crack] Sentencing Rule Foiled; from USA Today
(US), 2/13/08
Crack-Sentencing
Reductions Decried; from Washington Post (DC), 2/7/08
US Attorney
General Raises Specter of Violent Crime Jump If Crack Prisoners
Released; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 2/1/08
Science
Exposes Fallacies Behind Crack Laws; from News & Observer
(NC), 12/25/07
Column:
Whittling Away, But Leaving A Gap; from New York Times
(NY), 12/17/07
US Supreme Court
Rulings Give Judges More Discretion In Sentencing; from World Socialist Web
Site (US), 12/15/07
Column:
The Harm of 'Get Tough' Policies; from Newsweek (US),
12/14/07
United States
Sentencing Commission Approves Crack Reform For Federal Prisoners;
from The
Sentencing Project (US), 12/11/07
Sentencing
Commission Votes In Favor Of Crack Cocaine Retroactivity;
from FAMM
(US), 12/11/07
Justices
Widen Sentencing Powers of Federal Judges; from New York
Times (NY), 12/10/07
Supreme
Court: Judges Can Reduce Crack, Other Sentences; from Associated
Press (US), 12/10/07
Drug
Laws Called Unfair To Minorities; from Connecticut Post
(CT), 12/2/07
New
Crack Sentencing Guidelines Called 'Almost Inconsequential';
from Citizens' Voice (PA), 11/25/07
Being Fair
To Crack Dealers; from Time Magazine (US), 11/19/07
Panel May
Cut Thousands Of Prison Terms; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 11/12/07
New,
Less Severe Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines Go Into
Effect, But Will They Be Retroactive? from Drug War Chronicle (US), 11/2/07
Sentencing
Commission Reduces Penalties for Crack Cocaine Offense; from
Sentencing
Project (US), 11/1/07
End Crack and Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparities;
from The
Sentencing Project
Crack/Powder Disparity: A Tipping Point in Congress;
from Drug
Policy Alliance
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