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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Fed Court Rules on Racist Crack Law- SCOTUS on Deck
After decades of public agitating that the federal sentencing laws are creating racist results, Congress famously lowered the 100-to-1 weight ratio (cocaine powder to crack) down to 18-to-1 with the Fair Sentencing Act in 2010. A significant remaining question is … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 to 1, Blewett, Blewit, Cocaine, Congress, Crack, disparity, Dorsey, Equal Protection Clause, Fair Sentencing Act, retroactivity, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. v. Blewett, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, US Supreme Court
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Eliminating Food Stamps to Former Prisoners
Congress unanimously passed an amendment to the Farm Bill, to bar some people convicted of violent crimes from food stamps. States can’t opt out of it like the ban on people with drug convictions. This is what I emailed my Senator, David … Continue reading
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