Congress passes bill to reduce disparity in crack, powder cocaine sentencing
Posted by admin on July 29, 2010
Congress on Wednesday changed a 25-year-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of African Americans to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug.
The House, by voice vote, approved...
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